The café’s name is the nickname of a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher Abu l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi, who lived in what is now Iraq, Northern Africa and Andalusia during the ...

DOHA: The Qatar Poetry Center (Diwan Al Arab), affiliated with the Ministry of Culture (MoC), organised a special poetry evening at Qatar National Library (QNL) to celebrate World Poetry Day, observed ...

World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.

Amman, March 20 (Petra) -- As the world marked World Poetry Day, a quiet unease settled among Arab poets, a sense that the currents of their art were shifting, perhaps drifting away from familiar ...

So is the sense that there is nowhere for Arab Americans to turn. In Detroit and its suburbs, anger is deep over Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. So is the sense that there is nowhere for Arab ...

When now-poet laureate Simon Armitage retired from the Probation Service, his dad was “a bit miffed”. “I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue. “He was ...

Royal Gold Medal winner Yasmeen Lari has turned down a $100,000 arts prize from Israeli non-profit organisation the Wolf Foundation, citing ‘continuing genocide in Gaza’ The Wolf Prize recognises ...

Bookings to the resort are now open, just in time for Eid Al Fitr The iconic Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab resort opened its doors to travellers and UAE resident on Saturday. X/Dubai Media office ...

The British sunk their claws into Hong Kong in stages. In 1842 they colonised Hong Kong island; 1860 saw the seizure of the Kowloon peninsula, and in 1898, the British took out a 99-year lease on ...

Everyone feels like they have some sense of Frost. Everyone knows a poem or two. That kind of overexposure lends an aspect of at least apparent obviousness. But there’s another aspect, too, which is ...

In 1994, Australian poet Dorothy Porter published a book unlike any other: Monkey's Mask, a lesbian crime novel written in verse. The genre-bending book was a bestseller and was later adapted for ...

From there, he transformed it into a software powerhouse. During his journey, his wife, Yasmeen Premji, played a vital role in enhancing the company and brand along with their philanthropic efforts.