During the month of Ramadan, the stars are keen to wear loose clothes with various Arabic embroideries on Moroccan abayas or caftans. In the first week of Ramadan, these celebrities were keen to appear in their best Ramadan suitable attire.

At a Beirut cultural centre, Lebanese film buff is exhibiting vintage film posters from his collection that show off a lost art, but also offer insight into decades of Western cliches of the Arab world. Abu Jawdeh first began collecting posters in his teens, starting with films starring American actors Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood. Visiting old cinemas in Lebanon and across the region, he unearthed a world of images -- for more foreign films, but also thousands of prints advertising films from the Arab world. Some of his finds ...

Syrians are finally starting to get back to their normal life as they opened the first cultural centre since defeating ISIS in the northern city of Raqa. The cultural centre contains a brand new library, while books line shelves along a wall that still smells of wet paint. Moreover, the Raqqa Center for Arts and Culture has also paintings hung beside charcoal drawings, with sculptures of human figures.

Afghan refugee entrepreneurs appear to be increasingly finding success in Turkey, where they bring to the local economy, not only their savings, but sought-after know-how, whether in restaurants, commerce or skilled crafts and specialities. In turn, Turkey offers refugees simplified administrative procedures for setting up a new business. Turkey hosts nearly four million refugees, with Syrians making up the largest group, but Afghans number more than 145,000, according to Amnesty International figures released last year. Some people in Turkey view refugees as a burden, but a different picture emerges in ...

The Seville Fair is held in the Andalusian capital of Seville in Spain. The fair generally begins two weeks after the Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week, according to Wikipedia. For one week each year, the village turns into a colourful celebration of flamenco, music and dance, horses and bullfighting and of course, food and drink.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have introduced baby Archie to the Queen, Prince Phillip and Meghan's mother Doria Ragland. The child's name 'Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor ' was revealed on the couple's Instagram account. Archie is the shortened version of Archibald, meaning 'bold' or 'brave'. The baby is seventh in line to the throne and the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's eighth great-grandchild.

The Best Countries for Women is a perception-based ranking based on the responses of nearly 9,000 women who filled out surveys for the 2019 Best Countries rankings. The ranking is derived from a compilation of five equally weighted country attributes: care about human rights, gender equality, income equality, progress and safety. According to the survey, these are the 10 best countries for women.

The Garmin Titan Desert is a six-day multiple stage mountain bike race held annually in Morocco since 2006 through the Moroccan desert between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert. The Garmin Titan Desert remains committed to the people and environment of Morocco. It has therefore launched the TITAN LIFE campaign, which aims to implement action measures and raise awareness among the participants to ensure that the race is sustainable and respectful with the Moroccan environment. Taking part in the Garmin Titan Desert involves taking a lot of factors into ...

Actor Ramez Jalal prank show titled "Ramez Fil Shalal" (Ramez in the waterfall) premiered yesterday. {"preview_thumbnail":"https://cdn.flowplayer.com/6684a05f-6468-4ecd-87d5-a748773282a3/i/v-i-8…","video_id":"89fe4323-73bc-487c-bd3c-f5b7066ecb22","player_id":"8ca46225-42a2-4245-9c20-7850ae937431","provider":"flowplayer","video":"Top 5 2019 Ramadan Series Soundtracks"} The idea of ​​the program revolves around fooling the guest that he is drowning on a boat in one of Indonesia's islands, the guest tries to swim to a nearby island to save his life, but he is surprised that the island is also drowning, and amidst all this horror, Ramez appears as a huge gorilla. The list of stars who fell victim to Ramez Jalal's Ramadan 2019 season ...

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his family have greeted thousands of their subjects from a balcony of his Grand Palace. As the country is marking the third and final day of coronation ceremonies. Thousands of people have stood around Bangkok's Grand Palace in order to get a glimpse of King Vajiralongkorn and his new bride, Queen Suthida. Moreover, Thailand's new king 3-day celebration ceremony has cost $31 million, as it comes almost 69 years to the day since the last coronation.

Malaysian authorities incinerated almost four tonnes of elephant tusks and ivory products worth about $3.2 million, as they crack down on rampant wildlife-smuggling across the country’s borders. The small Southeast Asian nation has become a transit point in the illicit trade in ivory, which typically arrives from Africa and is sent on to major Asian markets such as China and Vietnam. The global trade in elephant ivory, with rare exceptions, has been outlawed since 1989 after populations of the African giants dropped from millions in the mid-20th century to around ...