Ammar Abd Rabbo is a familiar figure around the country and the region.
Lebanon is the focus of the third biennial of photography in the contemporary Arab world, with “Lebanon - Realities and Fictions” showing at Paris’ Institut du monde arabe.
While working on the pieces in “Where does a thought go when it’s forgotten?”
Two weeks into Lebanon’s popular uprising, several of the country’s prominent cultural institutions presented a united front with an “open strike” in solidarity with protesters.
Walid Abu Rashed walks past bombed-out buildings in war-torn northwest Syria, carrying a large wooden board and a plastic bag filled with puppets while dozens...
The angry, oppressed citizens are actors and their caps and overcoats evoke 19th-century France, but local people going to the theater to see a new...
James Dean is coming back from the dead to appear in a new movie, a Hollywood production company has announced, causing an uproar about the idea of...
Martin Scorsese’s dismissal of Marvel films as “not cinema” has split Hollywood and moviegoers, sparking reactions from full-blooded support to accusations of...
The estate of the late music icon Prince lashed out at President Donald Trump's re-election team for playing the artist's classic "Purple Rain" at a campaign...
U.S. reality television star Kim Kardashian baptized her children Monday during a visit to her ancestral homeland Armenia.
Lebanon’s widespread demonstrations are already inspiring writers to pen new work, adding a note of literary reflection to the roar of revolution.
From a galaxy far, far away, “Star Wars” is coming to a traditional Japanese kabuki theater stage for a one-off performance in Tokyo celebrating the...
For three days, Lebanese photographer Patrick Baz invited demonstrators heading to or back from the main protest site in Beirut to have their portrait taken....
Veteran Irish writer Edna O’Brien was honored with a special prize Tuesday after her latest novel narrowly missed out on France’s Femina award for foreign...
A Banksy mural, covered up by builders’ hoarding and scaffolding for the past few months, will be uncovered Monday in the heart of London’s Notting Hill area.
After being declared the winner of the Prix Goncourt, France’s top literary award, the winner quoted football great George Best. Jean-Paul Dubois paraphrased...
Colombian superstar Shakira says temporarily losing her voice two years ago was "the darkest moment" of her life, and which affected her "deeply."
In his 60 years in the movie theater business, Jeff Logan has heard his share of gloomy predictions before, some of them long before the streaming era.
Apple TV+, the iPhone-maker’s entry into the crowded streaming TV market, debuted Friday as the first “all-original” subscription video service.
Once the privilege of pharaohs and kings, perfume has become so much a part of our daily lives that it has lost its initial meaning.
China’s millennials are increasingly pursuing happiness and sustainable living rather than wealth and luxury, award-winning sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan (aka...
An exhibition of treasures from the tomb of boy-king Tutankhamen opened in London Saturday as part of what organizers say will be their last world tour before...
Starting next week, several Lebanese photographers will take part in the “Regards Croises” exhibition, at the 19th edition of the Phot’Aix festival in...
A decade after McDonald’s shut down in Iceland, thousands of online users follow the live slow decay of the last order - a seemingly indestructible burger...
Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have taken to the streets nationwide since Oct. 17, demanding the government’s resignation, an end to political corruption...
Master of funk, musical genius, radical visionary - praise for the legendary artist Prince flies off the tongue, but for the co-author of his new memoir, no...
Images of extravagance and luxury are central to depictions of the Gulf states.
An unsigned painting of an unidentified bald man with a beard has aroused excitement among historians and art buffs after lying largely unnoticed in the...
Imagine a world where Neil Armstrong was not the first man on the moon and the Soviet Union won the space race instead. That’s the premise of “For All...
Stay-at-home movie nights once required driving to the local video store to rent, rewind and return the latest blockbuster. Now on-demand video content...
Phoenician tombs and an inscribed stela were discovered last month in Motya, western Sicily, during an excavation by the Sapienza University of Rome Expedition.