Culture
Home Culture
Dubai presents Expo 2020 plans
Dubai presented ambitious plans Tuesday for its hosting of the 2020 World Expo, the first in the Middle East, with organisers hoping to attract 25 million visitors.
Representatives of more than 100 countries gathered in...
International Modest Fashion Week takes off in Turkey
Turkey's first International Modest Fashion Week has opened in Istanbul, gathering designers and models of conservative wear from around the world.
The two-day event kicked off Friday with models hitting the runway at a historic...
Inspired by prison canteen, first Palestinian food truck rolls in
Inspired by their time working in an Israeli prison canteen, two Palestinians have launched a food truck in the West Bank city of Ramallah, in a first for the occupied territories.
It's not quite the...
Activist Afeni Shakur, mother of 2Pac, dies at age 69
Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son, rap icon Tupac Shakur, and fostered his legacy for decades after he was slain, has died of an apparent heart attack,...
Egypt explorers hunt gold in the desert
Off the off-road tracks deep in Egypt's eastern desert, prospectors are ramping up the hunt for the treasure once revered by the Pharaohs as the "skin of the gods" — gold.
Essential for ancient artifacts...
Harriet Tubman to be first black American on U.S. currency
Anti-slavery champion Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American on the face of U.S. paper currency, and the first woman in more than a century, when she replaces former President Andrew Jackson on the $20...
Jewish family makes claim to rare Passover manuscript
The grandchildren of one of the earliest Jewish victims of the Nazis are laying claim to a jewel of Israel's top museum: the world's oldest illustrated Passover manuscript.
The descendants of a German Jewish lawmaker...
Fidel Castro gives speech saying he will soon die
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech on Tuesday to the Communist Party he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he would soon die and exhorting them to help...
Nilesat Arab satellite operator drops Hezbollah TV
A leading Arab satellite operator cut transmission of Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar on Wednesday amid rising tensions between the Lebanese Shiite group's backer Iran and Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia.
Officials at both Al-Manar and Cairo-based...
Iraq’s food business grows despite war and economic slump
Iraqi businessman Zaid Nazo has always been sure of his nation's deep passion for food and wasn't afraid to dream big when he transformed his small Baghdad coffee shop in 1999 into a casual...
