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IWG holds festive seasonal dinner to celebrate the coming New Year
To celebrate the spirit of the season and the coming New Year, the International Women's Group- Kuwait, held its annual seasonal dinner for members and guests on December 5, 2021. The ladies of the IWG Board greeted members as they entered the seasonally decorated Al-Jawahara Balloorm at the Crowne Plaza where Santa was waiting to give out gifts and take pictures with the attendees. Laila Boulos, public relations coordinator, introduced Cristiana...
Iraqi actress and director Zahraa Ghandour poses for photo during an interview on the sideline of the 5th edition of the Gouna Film Festival in Egypt's Red Sea resort of el-Gouna.-AFP photosn
Arab women lead 'new generation' in documentary film-making
Iraqi actress and director Zahraa Ghandour poses for a photo during an interview on the sidelines of the 5th edition of the El-Gouna Film Festival in Egypt's Red Sea resort of el-Gouna.-AFP photosAlongside celebrities gracing the red carpet at film festivals in Egypt, the traditional powerhouse of regional cinema, young Arab women directors are making their mark with documentaries tackling subjects ranging from femicide to revolution. Taking a...
Iraqi artists paint during an annual cultural festival in the capital Baghdad's Abu Nawas street, along the Tigris River.-AFP photosn
From art shows to theatre, Baghdad sees cultural revival
Iraqi artists paint during an annual cultural festival in the capital Baghdad's Abu Nawas street, along the Tigris River.-AFP photosArt exhibitions, book fairs on the Tigris and Godot in Baghdad-after decades of conflict and strife, the Iraqi capital is experiencing an artistic renaissance. "People need art, they want to develop their artistic taste-it's an escape route," said Noor Alaa al-Din, director of art space The Gallery. "We are like any...
Fadel Othman, a Syrian 24-year-old amputee kung-fu teacher, and his young students pose for a picture outside his martial arts school in the rebel-held town of Abzimu in the western countryside of Aleppo province.-AFP photosn
North Syria's one-legged kung fu master
Fadel Othman, a Syrian 24-year-old amputee kung-fu teacher, and his young students pose for a picture outside his martial arts school in the rebel-held town of Abzimu in the western countryside of Aleppo province.-AFP photosFrom butterfly kicks to power jabs, a group of children in rebel-held northern Syria are honing martial arts techniques under the instruction of an unlikely trainer: amputee kung fu master Fadel Othman. The 24-year-old runs a...
This photo shows a vendor selling preserved flowers at his stall at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province.-AFP photosn
Asia's biggest flower market makes stars out of influencers
This photo shows a vendor selling preserved flowers at his stall at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province.-AFP photosBoxes of roses, lilies and carnations pile up as influencer Caicai speaks into her smartphone from a small studio at Asia's biggest flower market-with thousands of customers eagerly awaiting her view on the best deals. E-commerce is big business in China and influencers and livestreamers have...
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From cinema ban to film festival: Saudi rolls out red carpet
Less than four years after lifting a ban on cinemas, Saudi Arabia hosted its first major film festival yesterday as it eyes a lucrative new industry. Movie houses were barred for decades until April 2018, but over the next 10 days, actors and directors will tread the red carpet at Jeddah's Red Sea International Film Festival. The festival started a day after Jeddah hosted its first Formula One Grand Prix, also an attempt to portray Saudi Arabia...
US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend the 44th Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center.-AFP photosn
Kennedy Center honors gala returns, with Biden in the house
US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend the 44th Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center.-AFP photosStevie Wonder headlined a star-studded gala Sunday saluting Motown founder Berry Gordy, folk legend Joni Mitchell and other recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, one of America's highest arts awards-with the president back in the audience. Glitzy red carpet events are rare in the US capital, but...
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US announces diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics citing human rights abuses, in a move that will not stop US athletes from competing. "The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games given the PRC's (People's Republic of China) ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human...
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Tehran hopes to turn page in ties with UAE
TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al-Nahyan yesterday. - AFP  TEHRAN: Iran expressed hopes yesterday to turn the page in its ties with the United Arab Emirates during a rare visit by a senior official from the Gulf Arab country. UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al-Nahyan arrived in the country earlier yesterday at the invitation of Ali Shamkhani, secretary...
DOHA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine are welcomed by Qatari Finance Minister Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari upon their arrival at Hamad International Airport yesterday. - AFP n
Turkey, Qatar push to reopen Kabul airport
DOHA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine are welcomed by Qatari Finance Minister Ali bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari upon their arrival at Hamad International Airport yesterday. - AFPDOHA: Turkey and Qatar yesterday raised the possibility of jointly operating Afghanistan's Taleban-controlled airport, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for two days of talks in Doha. Afghans and foreign nationals fled the country through the...
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Anti-apartheid veteran Ebrahim dies aged 84
Ebrahim Ismail EbrahimJOHANNESBURG: Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, a veteran of the fight against apartheid who spent years imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela, died yesterday aged 84, South Africa's ruling party announced. Ebrahim passed away at his Johannesburg home after a long illness, the African National Congress (ANC) said in a statement. He "was a longstanding member of the ANC, a patriot who served his country in different...
AL-FAW, Iraq: An Iraqi youth carries freshly-caught fish in this southern Iraqi port city on Oct 26, 2021. - AFP n
Iraqi fishermen caught in net of water frontiers
AL-FAW, Iraq: An Iraqi youth carries freshly-caught fish in this southern Iraqi port city on Oct 26, 2021. - AFPAL-FAW, Iraq: On the banks of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, Iraqi fishermen live in constant fear of arrest by Iranian and Kuwaiti forces for mistakenly straying across frontiers with former enemy countries. About 15 km from where the mighty Tigris and the Euphrates rivers merge and flow out to the Gulf lies the fishing port of...
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Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle
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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka