Ahmed Adaweyah was a trailblazer – the man who singlehandedly changed the course of Egyptian and Arab music; the first Arab singer to capture the ethos and struggles and yearnings of the working class ...

Black actress Lupita Nyong'o has been selected to play Goddess Athena in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The ...

Shrem’s unique musical talents quickly earned him the right to serve as the chief chazzan at some of the most central and well-known Syrian shuls in the city: at Magen David and then Bnei Yosef.

It begins with a little-known fact. There was a time when there were not three paragraphs in the prayer we call the Shema, ...

In his ninth-century poem Ya Sa’eli, Ibn Al Rumi describes some of his favourite foods and how he likes to enjoy them. The ...

Reviewing a book by a friend who was killed before she had finished writing it is the saddest of tasks. Victoria Amelina, ...

President Donald Trump’s fanciful plan for Gaza will not happen; still his wacky vision actually undermines legitimate ...

After a couple of days of heavy rain in San Jose, clear skies — or at least dry skies — would be a welcome sight for “Sonic Loveway,” a Valentine’s Day event set for Friday evening at the Sonic Runway ...

By Waqas Alam Angaria Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, is home to more than 20 million people and has been in the news many times due to climate-related issues such as heat waves, urban flooding and ...

Welcome to COAS Books in Las Cruces, New Mexico – a bibliophile’s paradise that’s more labyrinth than bookstore. COAS Books ...

The Bible calls us to welcome all refugees, write pastors at Houston's Northwest Church. But now even persecuted Christians ...

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. It happened in ...