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US animation lights up Saudi Film Festival

Highlights from the Middle East Institute’s ‘Louder Than Hearts’ in Washington DC DUBAI: The Middle East Institute in Washington DC is hosting works by female photographers from the Arab world.  Tasneem Al-Sultan  ‘Diversity Within Saudi Weddings’  The acclaimed Lebanon-born Palestinian-American photographer Rania Matar has curated “Louder Than Hearts,” an exhibition of work by 10 female photographers, […]

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Israel in spotlight at Eurovision semifinal as pro-Palestinian protests loom

MALMO, Sweden: The second semifinal of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Sweden on Thursday, with Israel’s performance expected to draw attention due to large pro-Palestinian protests planned in host city Malmo. Some 100,000 visitors have gathered in Malmo in southern Sweden for the annual kitsch-fest, which is watched by some 200

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Best & Worst: Saudi teen social media star Rateel Alshehri talks fashion and outdated apps

DUBAI: The 13-year-old Saudi social-media personality, host of the “Rateel Alpha Talk” podcast, recently topped the ranks of content creators born in the Kingdom on the US site Famous Birthdays. Here, she talks fashion, time management and more.   Best fashion trend of 2024?   Denim tops. I think they can get styled very easily and they

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Film Review: ‘Mother’s Instinct,’ a psychological thriller that keeps you guessing until the end

Best & Worst: Saudi teen social media star Rateel Alshehri talks fashion and outdated apps DUBAI: The 13-year-old Saudi social-media personality, host of the “Rateel Alpha Talk” podcast, recently topped the ranks of content creators born in the Kingdom on the US site Famous Birthdays. Here, she talks fashion, time management and more.   Best fashion

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Artist Dalya Moumina: ‘Jeddah is always going to be home to me’ 

DUBAI: Dalya Moumina is an emerging New York-based artist whose imaginative landscape paintings partially pay tribute to her Arab and Asian heritage. She was born in Washington DC in 1996 to a Saudi-Palestinian father and a Filipina mother. Both were travel lovers, who luckily happened to have met each other on a flight. When Moumina

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‘Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’ revisits under-explored characters from the Dark Side

DHAHRAN: Saudi filmmakers of the future were given a masterclass in the latest animation techniques as part of the Saudi Film Festival this week. The animation workshops were led by experts from the US as part of a collaboration between the festival and the American Chamber of Commerce and US Consulate in Dhahran. The animation

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Highlights from the Middle East Institute’s ‘Louder Than Hearts’ in Washington DC

DHAHRAN: Saudi filmmakers of the future were given a masterclass in the latest animation techniques as part of the Saudi Film Festival this week. The animation workshops were led by experts from the US as part of a collaboration between the festival and the American Chamber of Commerce and US Consulate in Dhahran. The animation

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Saudi Film Festival ends with honors for best production, music, acting

DHAHRAN: Saudi filmmakers of the future were given a masterclass in the latest animation techniques as part of the Saudi Film Festival this week. The animation workshops were led by experts from the US as part of a collaboration between the festival and the American Chamber of Commerce and US Consulate in Dhahran. The animation

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