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Go topSOURCE: NEWSTATESMAN BY: RUQAYA IZZIDIEN What do General al-Hamar – literally, and presumably unknowingly, General the Donkey – of Yasmin Porter’s The Sheikh’s Reluctant Bride, and the “barbarian” Zoltan Al Farouk bin Shamal from Duty and the Beast have in common? Yes, they are both part of what I’m calling the sexy sheikh subgenre; a branch of literature which inexplicably took off … Continued
SOURCE: VARIETY BY: NICK VIVARELLI Tunisian first-time director Abdelhamid Bouchnak is at the Venice Film Festival with “Dachra,” one of the first horror films to come out of the Arab world, which closed the independently-run Critics’ Week section on Friday. It combines elements of American chillers such as “The Blair Witch Project” with visuals and … Continued
Ryan Ali never thought his big screen dreams would come true — until one movie unexpectedly changed everything SOURCE: CBC BY: RYAN ALI My life has led me through an unusual and — at times — unexpected path. Growing up, I followed my parents back and forth across the world: Syria, then Montreal, then Syria, … Continued
SOURCE: STYLIST BY: ANNA-MARIE CROWHURST It’s all thanks to Fatima al-Fihri that universities around the world exist. After founding the world’s first known university, the University of al-Qarawiyyin, a centre of higher education, it ultimately paved the way for modern universities around the globe. What did she do? Fatima al-Fihri was a Muslim woman from … Continued
SOURCE: LONELY PLANET BY: KARYN NOBLE While most travellers head for Jordan with Petra high on the agenda, investing some food-fuelled days in the cosmopolitan capital Amman is a delicious idea. There’s so much more than cafe-hopping down Rainbow St for the best creamy hummus of your life or developing an addiction for cardamom-spiced coffee; … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer On my first day in Cairo, Adel, my taxi driver, was taking me to the heart of the city through what must be one of the most congested traffic in the world. Noting that the autos would squeeze into any empty space yet still not make much headway, I … Continued
The Chaldean State during the 11th-6th centuries B.C. controlled an area along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now present-day Iraq By John Mason/Arab America Contributing Writer The Chaldean faith is an old Middle Eastern Christian sect that is little known in much of that part of the world and even less so … Continued
Sareyette-Ramallah-Dabke-Troupe By: Elizabeth Ajluni/Arab America Contributing Writer Ramallah, Palestine, a beautiful land of history and family. Every time our family travels there, we experience an immense amount of hospitality and have a better understanding of where our parents and grandparents lived, worked, and socialized. Ramallah is the birthplace of our ancestors and our connection to … Continued
SOURCE: CNN BY: NELL LEWIS (CNN)3,500 years ago, a woman might have done much the same thing to find out if she was pregnant as she would today: take a urine sample and wait patiently for a chemical reaction. A papyrus from ancient Egypt instructs a woman to pee into a bag of barley and … Continued
SOURCE: NBC NEWS CAIRO — Egypt said Sunday that archaeologists have unearthed one of the oldest villages ever found in the Nile Delta, with remains dating back to before the pharaohs. The Antiquities Ministry said the Neolithic site was discovered in Tell el-Samara, about 87 miles north of Cairo. Chief archaeologist Frederic Gio said his … Continued
SOURCE: ABOUT HER The Arab world is known for its love of gold and diamonds, so it shouldn’t be any surprise that it is also home to some amazing jewelry designers. AboutHer.com champions Arab women and their talents, and so we have hand-picked these Middle Eastern female designers who are making waves in the world’s … Continued
SOURCE: VARIETY BY: CHRISTOPHER VOURLIAS Moroccan villagers doing battle with a rapacious mining company, armed only with poems and songs. Four aging Sudanese filmmakers looking to inspire a love of cinema in their countrymen. A celebrated South African poet living out his final days on a mental journey into his own past after being diagnosed … Continued
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