By Liam Stack Fri May 2, 5:00 AM ET Cairo - Spread across the top of this city's crooked skyline like a field of mushrooms, satellite dishes absorb signals beamed from across the Arab world to send images of popstars and politicians to the...
BEIRUT(Reuters) - American films and TV dramas produced since the Sept. 11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereotypes, author Jack Shaheen argues in a new book on the subject....
26 minutes ago DUBAI (AFP) - Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, ex-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is expected to move to Dubai as her new husband has been chosen to lead an event management firm in the Gulf city state....
DUBAI, United ArabEmirates and CANNES, France, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Dubai Studio City (DSC), a member of TECOM Investments, today leveraged the platform of the 61st Cannes Film Festival 2008 to unveil the components of its Village Centre, an over...
Fujairah: The Fujairah Media Company has signed an agreement with the southern Sudanese State of Central Equatoria to help establish television and radio stations and trainfuture media talents. Representatives from the Central Equatoria hailed the...
Danny Glover Joins Board of Directors of UAE-Based Company Colourblind Entertainment Partnership Coincides With Launch of Free Demo of 3-D Videogame "Sharq Warriors" DUBAI, UAE, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- UAE-based Colourblind Entertainment announced...
Hezbollah gunmen took control of large areas of Beirut on Friday in a third day of fighting between the pro-Iranian group and fighters loyal to the U.S.-backed governing coalition. Security sources said at least 10 people had been killed and 20...
Paul Holmes built his stellar broadcasting career on being in touch with what New Zealanders are thinking. Last night's episode of Intrepid Journeys (TV One, 9.30), showed he has not lost the knack. "Some people were genuinely worried that I was...
DUBAI - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, has been arrested in Iraq, the Arabictelevision station al-Arabiya reported on Friday, quoting the Iraqi Defense...
By Hossein Shahidi Wednesday, May 14, 2008 First person by Hossein Shahidi I first came to Lebanon in 1972 to study at the American University of Beirut and left in 1978. Other than the traumas of the Civil War - which are still on the minds of all...
Hezbollah gunmen have seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from forces loyal to the U.S.-backed government. Security officials say at least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles in...
Baghdad: The leader of Al Qaida in Iraq, Abu Hamza Al Muhajir, has been arrested, the Arabictelevision station Al Arabiya reported on Friday, quoting the Iraqi Defence Ministry. Arabiya said Al...