Thinking of learning a new language, but your brain says “too hard”? Plot twist: Arabic already snuck into French, Spanish, and German centuries ago. Through trade,…
Author: Malak Shalaby
Malak Shalaby
Malak cannot seem to get enough of Literature - so much so that she has pursued it in both her BA and MA, and the love affair is still going strong. Aside from her love for words, humans generally fascinate her. She spends a lot of her time analyzing the minds of people around her and watching criminal minds. She is still fairly new in adulthood, and until now, nothing has made sense in life but chocolate.
Western artists love a desert and a bustling city backdrop, and turns out, some of the most iconic music videos were actually filmed in the Middle…
From May 29 to 31, Zawya Cinema is turning into a full-on emotional rollercoaster with 47 short films from the Manassat Film Festival. Drama? Check. Horror?…
This year, it wasn’t just the A-listers turning heads at Cannes; it was the Saudi designers behind the scenes making it all happen. From dramatic silhouettes…
When a 12-centimetre vinyl creature can jump from a children’s storybook to Rihanna’s handbag in under a decade, it’s worth asking what forces—psychological, economic, algorithmic—are at…
Whether you’re all about mosh pits, emotional ballads, or laughing till your face hurts, the UAE’s entertainment lineup for the rest of 2025 is stacked. From…
In his latest installation, Ardna — Arabic for “our land” — Moroccan-born artist Mohammed El Hajoui brings together olive trees, ash, and keffiyeh patterns in a…
The second part of Hepta, titled Hepta: The Last Debate, has officially wrapped shooting, and we’re already counting down the days. If you’ve been craving that…
With the Cannes Film Festival back in full swing, we figured it’s the perfect time to shout out some of the Arab films that didn’t just…
Malak Mattar’s exhibition, Falasteen, is a message. Running from May 15 to May 18, 2025, at Central Saint Martins in London, it marks the first solo…
