Last night, talent show in its Arabic and 5th edition Th Voice was over, with Tunisian contestant Mehdi Ayachi from Ragheb Alama's team winning the title. When we mention The Voice, we can never overlook Emarati singer Ahlam's outfits and appearances, as she dazzled in the 5th season with different styles from international designers. Check out Ahlam's styles in The Voice season 5.
Elephants were dressed up as Santa Claus to give out presents and candy to students in Thailand in an annual Christmas tradition in the mostly Buddhist country. The Christmas celebration at the Jirasartwitthaya kindergarten school in Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, has run for 15 years. This year four elephants and their mahouts, also wearing Santa hats, visited the school and gave away presents to the students, said Lardthongtare Meepan, owner of the Ayuttahaya Elephant Palace, an elephant camp. 'The highlight is not only handing out presents, but also students and ...
The arid Horn of Africa country has always been hostage to climate extremes. Rain is erratic, and drought a feature of life. Somalia withered from drought early this year. When the skies finally opened, nature was unmerciful. Unrelenting downpours in October turned to flash floods, destroying homes and few remaining possessions, and washing away whatever harvest and bony animals farmers managed to save during the months without rain. But catastrophic weather events are occurring in Somalia with ever-greater fury and frequency. There is no time to rebuild homes and replenish ...
The nativity scene or crèche, called in Italian the presepe or presepio, brings to life the story of the Nativity has been an important feature of Christmas celebrations in Italy for centuries. The Crib of Cavallermaggiore, now in its forty-third edition, is built on an area of ​​over 300 square meters. Starting from a stable structure and it takes about 3 months of work by a dozen volunteers to be realised. The main characteristics that make it unique are two: the first is the fact of being able to walk ...
Australia bushfires have started across the east coast for several weeks, killing 8 people, and over that 700 homes damaged. Moreover, another 2 volunteer firefighters died while battling the mass fire around Sydney, authorities revealed on Friday, which pushed public anger across the country. Sydney will see a brief relief in temperatures after hitting 45C in the far west but then soar back up to 42C on Saturday as the wall of heat hovering over Australia continues to send records tumbling.
The US House of Representatives has decided yesterday, December 18th, 2019, to impeach the President Donald Trump, so he became the third American President to be impeached. The two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, are set now to be sent to the Senate, where they will be tried. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed after the impeachment that "Dec. 18, a great day for the Constitution of the United States, a sad one for America that the president's reckless activities necessitated our having to introduce ...
Beautiful colorful swirls of sea glass is what describes the art of Hebron Glass, a family-owned traditional Palestinian glass blowing business. Blown glass is the hand-crafted, mouth-blown glass named in Arabic Zujaj Nafakh, mostly manufactured in Hebron. All glasswork embodies real old stories of Palestinians, unique shapes and patterns. Glass blowing as an industry is said to have been brought to Palestine in the fifteenth century by the Venetians, who came to Palestine to buy cotton. To get these beautiful shapes, glass is melted in a furnace running at 1400 ...
In a riot of colour, acrobatics and drum beats, Morocco's gnawa artists joyously celebrated the inclusion of their ancient art-form in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to AFP. Troupes of the artists in traditional costumes paraded through the white-and-blue citadel town of Essaouira in southern Morocco Saturday, the sound of their lute strings and steel castanets filling the streets. "Our goal is to bring this music to the world," said Mokhtar Gania, 56, one of the great Gnawa masters, with a broad grin, AFP added. Gnawa ...
2020 brings in a new decade, so how about we up our game? Golf courses are constantly evolving and designers are finding innovative ways to up the visual stimuli while keeping challenging architecture at heart, and truly bring golf into the 21st century. Here we unveil the new courses awaiting you, and the designs hitting the scene in 2020.
Around 5,000 people started fresh rallies across India on Sunday against a contentious citizenship law, while police members stood to watch people singing, chanting and carrying banners with the words 'long live Assam'. Moreover, in India's Assam region, four people killed after being shot by police, while another was killed when a shop he was sleeping in was set on fire. The legislation, passed by the national parliament on Wednesday, allows New Delhi to grant citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants who entered India from three neighbouring countries on or ...