NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is shortening parade routes for the upcoming Mardi Gras season because there are fewer police officers, medics and other first responders to handle the crowds, officials said Tuesday.The city canceled Mardi Gras parades this p…
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Arabic calligraphy inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Paris, “Arabic Calligraphy: Knowledge, skills and practices” has been officially inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.The decision follows intense collaboration between Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain…
Second Phase Of Egyptian Reconstruction Plan Kicks Off In Gaza
GAZA, The second phase of an Egyptian reconstruction plan kicked off in Gaza, to help rebuild the territory, following an Israeli offensive, earlier this year.Ibrahim al-Shuniqi, head of the Egyptian reconstruction committee, told Palestinian faction l…
Italian opera masterpieces at Shaikh Ibrahim center on Monday
Manama, Italian Soprano Laura Baldassari and Pianist Sabrina Avantario will enthrall spectators on Monday with arias and songs from Italian opera. During the concert at Shaikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research in Muharraq,…
Dictionary.com Anoints Allyship Word of the Year for 2021
NEW YORK — Allyship, an old noun made new again, is Dictionary.com’s word of the year.The look up site with 70 million monthly users took the unusual step of anointing a word it added just last month, though “allyship” first surfaced in the mid-1800s, …
Feature: Chinese Films Appeal To Egyptian Audiences, Artistes at Cairo Film Festival
CAIRO, The small theatre of the Cairo Opera House seemed packed, as the audience were watching a group of short films, starting with China’s ‘Poem for a Distant Village,’ which is one of the 22 works, contesting in the International Short Film Competit…
Korean star Gianna Jun on acting goals and aging well
Seoul, Despite being one of the most well-known faces in Asia, acting never gets easier for South Korean superstar Gianna Jun.“I feel like I climbed the mountain 1,000 times,” she said about filming her latest series, “Jirisan.”Jun plays Seo Yi-Gang, a…
Egyptian Int’l Defence Expo Kicks Off In Cairo
Egypt held yesterday, the second edition of its largest international defence expo, EDEX 2021, with more than 400 defence companies from 42 countries, showcasing their up-to-date defence products.Inaugurated by Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi,…