Category: Culture
Shorter Berlin Film Festival to go ahead with masks, COVID testing
Berlin, The Berlin Film Festival will go ahead in person next month but will use only half the available seating capacity and require attendees to adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols, organizers said on Wednesday.With the Omicron variant of the coronav…
Feature: Expo 2020 Dubai Transforms Into Big Party As Night Falls
DUBAI, As night falls on Expo 2020 Dubai, everything is just getting more fantastic. The cool breeze caresses the faces of visitors, healing them from a day of fatigue and breathing refreshing joviality into them.People sit in outdoor cafes or restaura…
Feature: Expo 2020 Dubai Transforms Into Big Party As Night Falls
DUBAI, As night falls on Expo 2020 Dubai, everything is just getting more fantastic. The cool breeze caresses the faces of visitors, healing them from a day of fatigue and breathing refreshing joviality into them.People sit in outdoor cafes or restaura…
NFL Teams Providing Female Fans with Clubs of their Own
Verdell Blackmon showed up for a recent NFL game and left no doubt who she was cheering for that afternoon.Blackmon’s hair, makeup, nails and dress were bright hues of blue, and Detroit Lions Women of the Pride was printed on her black shirt.The Lions …
New hi-tech photo brings Rembrandt’s Night Watch up close
Amsterdam, Rembrandt van Rijn’s iconic and huge painting “The Night Watch” is now also a supersized museum photo delivered right to your laptop in unsurpassed detail. The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum on Monday put on its digital portal what it called “the mos…
Al Ain Cultural sites listed on UNESCO’s list added to national educational curriculum
Abu Dhabi, The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and the Ministry of Education have launched an educational resource entitled Al Ain Cultural Sites Inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as part of the national educationa…
Al Ain Cultural sites listed on UNESCO’s list added to national educational curriculum
Abu Dhabi, The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and the Ministry of Education have launched an educational resource entitled Al Ain Cultural Sites Inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as part of the national educationa…
Fewer Police, Medics, so Mardi Gras Parade Routes Shortened
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…
Bahrain’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai opens second exhibition
Dubai, From its ancient past to the present day, the people of Bahrain continue to reinvent themselves to meet the various challenges of life, and the abundance of local handicrafts have survived and evolved through their reinvention and embrace of mod…
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…