The best of Arabic literature will be celebrated online this week. After the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) cancelled its awards ceremony – which would have been in Abu Dhabi on…

Everything is changing as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rages on. Humanity is facing the biggest global crisis of this generation, where the impossible has already happened and things have suddenly…

The 93-year-old architect and photographer is credited with designing some of Iraq’s most well-known structures including the iconic “Freedom Monument” Born in Baghdad in 1926, Chadirji studied in London and…

In an unprecedented cultural initiative in the history of Arabic culture, the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), has announced the launch of the Sharjah Virtual Reading Festival (SVRF) for 10 days,…

The festival usually attended by 80,000 was set to take place in the Nevada desert in August Burning Man festival has become the latest large-scale event to cancel amid the coronavirus outbreak.…

Musicians from all over the world have joined together for a beautiful rendition of the UAE national anthem to convey a message of peace and solidarity. Abu Dhabi pianist and…