Today’s guest at the gallery is artist Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al-Dandrawi (born in 1980 in Dendera, Qena Governorate, Egypt). He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor in 2002, specializing in Graphic Arts. In 2010, he obtained a diploma from the Higher Institute of Folk Arts at the Academy of Arts in Cairo. He served as the Head
In my Valentine’s Day message, I discussed how the tradition of secret love (களவு) marriages in India was gradually corrupted into arranged marriages due to the influx of Aryans into South Asia between 1000 BC and 1000 AD. In this blog, I will explore how the Dravidian society in the Levant region was similarly influenced by Aryan
FIFA Club World Cup Trophy Tour stop has touched down in the UAE as Al Ain became the ninth club to embrace the stunning prize during an extraordinary global tour.
Club football’s biggest prize paid a visit to the world’s tallest building as the FIFA Club World Cup™ Trophy Tour hit new heights in the UAE.
The latest
At the peak of summer monsoon, I woke to rain pelting the tinned roof. The noise hurt my eardrums. Surely venturing onto the river in this weather would be disastrous. I was hoping that Bimal would not call. But he did.
A few hours later, we were on the banks of the Subansiri River waiting for our ride, a wooden boat piloted by a man named
The land of hypocrisy, I saw cheating ruled by
With lies you feed us with betrayal you water us
From the lips of sadness sometimes he will excuse me
I wish sadness would cure us
What does patience and fortitude do in a time!
Metwally Mohamed Metwally Basal, a poet and storyteller from Egypt, shares his poetry
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