Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute wins Cervantes prize
Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute was Wednesday awarded the Cervantes Prize, only the third woman to win the leading literary award for works in Spanish since it was first granted…
Shakira nets 500,000 euros for charity with Spanish TV ad
Colombian pop star Shakira said Wednesday she had taped a Christmas television ad for a Spanish sparkling wine in exchange for a donation of €500,000 ($660,000) to her charitable foundation.…
British queen unveils museum project in Abu Dhabi
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is officially launching a British-designed project to build a new national museum in the United Arab Emirates. The ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Thursday comes near…
Open Show puts on first international event in Cairo
CAIRO: El Sawy Culturewheel hosted the first international event for Open Show on Wednesday night, drawing an estimated 60-70 people eager to see what was being shown. Open Show, an…
Cee Lo wants to kill you softly on new CD
Forget killing them with kindness — Cee Lo Green wants to kill you with music. The singer-rapper-producer's new CD is titled "The Lady Killer," and while it has some romantic…
Adam and Eve back on display at Madrid’s Prado museum
A pair of oil paintings by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer depicting Adam and Eve at human scale went back on display at Madrid's Prado Museum Wednesday after a two-year…
Saul Bellow letters show man behind novels
Like the first line of a novel, the idea for a letter could occur to Saul Bellow at any time. The words might have come on a daily walk or…
Egyptian TV preacher to fight extremism in Yemen
ADEN: Yemen has enlisted the help of a popular Egyptian television preacher to help it dislodge militant Islamists' foothold within its conservative population. The impoverished Arabian Peninsula state, already juggling…
The crooked path of financial reform
By Jean Pisani-Ferry BRUSSELS: Two years ago, governments saved the necks of the world’s financial markets. Yet today, those same markets intimidate governments, or at least some of them. In Europe,…
British Muslim women tackling stereotypes head on
By Shelina Zahra Janmohamed LONDON: When it comes to discussing British Muslim women, you’d be forgiven for thinking that we lead a one-dimensional lifestyle: the niqab (face veil)-and-nothing-but-the-niqab. The image of…
