Nicki Minaj revives female voice in rap
While the death of hip-hop has been a matter of debate in recent years, the demise of the star female emcee had been all but accepted. There had always been…
The Kids in the Hall reunite for comedy miniseries
The last time The Kids in the Hall performed for the cameras was their 1996 feature, "Brain Candy." Before that, this supremely funny Canadian-born quintet starred in their sketch-comedy series…
Rapper fights to make it from Lagos tip to the top
Nigerian rapper Vocal Slender rose to fame as a Lagos rubbish tip scavenger featured in a BBC documentary, but has found reaching the top of the heap in the music…
Vienna in Beirut
Simple, compact, hard-hitting and realistic is how superior comic literature should be, and this is exactly what Lebanese writer Sahar Mandour offers readers in her first novel “S-a’rsem negma a’la…
Last US combat brigade exits Iraq
BAGHDAD: The last US combat brigade pulled out of Iraq at dawn on Thursday, a key milestone in the withdrawal of American forces more than seven years after the US-led…
Japanese tango duo look to hold on to world dance crown
You can take tango out of Buenos Aires, but it seems you can't take Buenos Aires out of tango. That, at least, is the thinking of the reigning champions of…
Afghanistan marks Independence Day as war escalates
KABUL: Afghanistan marked Independence Day Thursday as the long war drags on, with foreign troop deaths at record highs and the government under pressure to honor pledges on corruption and…
Iran to launch first nuclear plant after decades of delay
TEHRAN: After decades of delay and sanctions, Iran on Saturday launches its Russian-built first nuclear power plant in the face of Western suspicion that its atomic program has a covert…
Palestinians learn about the Holocaust in Israel
JERUSALEM: Growing up in the West Bank, Mujahid Sarsur knew next to nothing about the Holocaust and saw little ground to sympathize with a people he saw as his occupier.…
A year later, freed Lockerbie bomber lives in seclusion
TRIPOLI: A year after the controversial release from jail of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi on medical grounds, Libya continues the secrecy over the health of the ex-intelligence agent convicted of the deadly…