Culture

Tell Brak (Nagar) is an ancient late Neolithic, Sumerian, Acadian and Middle-Late Bronze Age city on the Upper Khabur River. It is 45 km far from Hasaka city, 5,5 km from Damascus. “In 1937-39, the British archaeologist Max Mallowan discovered Al-Ayoun Temple and King Naram Sin Palace built at a time when Tell Brak was … Continued

Riad Abdel-Gawad’s new CD, Egypt: Mother of the World! will be released on September 21, 2010 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Riad Abdel-Gawad composes music and performs on the violin, which, although does not fit easily into any “box” or genre, points towards likely frontiers that music has taken and will take in … Continued

You might say that there is, in the literal, plot-summary sense, a romantic triangle at the heart of Ruba Nadda’s “Cairo Time.” An American woman waiting to meet her husband in the Egyptian capital is drawn toward a dalliance with a former colleague of his, a local resident who drives her from the airport to … Continued

On a street in Beirut, Lebanon, yellow police tape surrounds a sprawling outline on the pavement. “Don’t kill our language,” reads the tape surrounding a curling Arabic letter. Such “murder scenes” dotted the Lebanese capital for weeks, building up to an Arabic-language festival run by a nongovernment organization, Feil Amer. “Most students we surveyed told … Continued

An Arabic-language edition of The National Geographic magazine, which dates back to 1888, is to be published from October and distributed across the GCC as well as in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. National Geographic Al Arabiyawill be published by the Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC), which also owns and publishes The … Continued

Daraa Province is a cradle of the most beautiful Mosaic paintings in Syria. They provide an important reference for researchers interested in Houran Region civilization in southern Syria. Shedding light on the intellectual, economic, social and cultural development in the region, the number of mosaic paintings unearthed in Daraa Province reaches 25.Most of them are … Continued

Watch Inside the Middle East on Wednesday, August 4: 08.30, 16.30. Saturday, August 7: 08.30, 17.00, 20.30. Sunday, August 8: 05.30, 17.30. Monday August 9: 03.00. (All times GMT) Dhow racing in the Emirates Dhows are the traditional Arab ships that have been sailing the seas for centuries. But even though they no longer rule … Continued

Randa Ibrahim was serving coffee to the guests in her Palos Hills living room when her 17-year-old daughter distractedly breezed through the living room and out the back door without so much as a nod. “She won’t come say hi,” Ibrahim said disapprovingly. “I don’t like the way she just comes through.” Showing respect to … Continued

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan has posted a video on TwitVid promoting a tourist swap contest between Jordan and other countries. The rules of the contest, named Twisit Jordan, are simple: If you’ve never been to Jordan, upload a video to TwitVid saying why you’d like to visit the country, and post it with … Continued