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November 13, 2012

Myriam Fares
08:59 GMT

The all-natural beauty is chosen for the judging panel on the dancing talent show shaking up a storm.

Hollywood actor Eric Dane is heading to Dubai
08:58 GMT

Temperatures may be falling across the UAE but prepare for things to heat up again as Eric Dane heads for the region.

Demi Moore is rumored to have spent her 50th birthday in Dubai (Photo: Rex Features)
05:00 GMT

Rumor has it that Hollywood actress Demi Moore celebrated her 50th birthday in Dubai on Sunday.

November 12, 2012

It could be the news millions of Justin Bieber fans have been waiting to here - the teen heartthrob is single again.
13:10 GMT

Since the Selena-Justin break-up happened last week, and given that it's a long way from May 2013 when Bieber fever breaks out in Dubai, we can't promise that the multiple EMA winner will be 'eligible' by the time he gets to the Middle East.

My House is Burning down (2012), Shirin Neshat. (Photo: Courtesy of AUC Press Release)
12:57 GMT

Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari are in the Egyptian capital to speak to the city's students and start on their latest movie.

Egyptian Film Microphone 2010.
12:34 GMT

The Zurich Film Festival includes movies from Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Lebanon and the UAE.

Riad El-Sonbaty
11:45 GMT

The legendary Riad El-Sonbaty is among the stars at the Arab Festival of Music staged at Cairo's famous opera house.

Protesters in front of the Sawy Culturewheel.
11:25 GMT

Underground bands says they don't want formal IDs to keep them from being 'alternative'.

The coaches made themselves comfortable for the first live show of MBC's The Voice
11:20 GMT

This weekend, after weeks of whittling their teams down to just six contestants, the coaches sent their cream of the crop on stage to sing their hearts out. But for the first time the singers didn't just have to worry about impressing the coaches: they had to hit the right note with the audience as well.

Ahmad Sultan
09:16 GMT

The breakthrough Moroccan singer says he'll be like "a kid in a circus" when he attends the MTV European music awards.

One of the paintings of the series The Path.
08:44 GMT

Nihal Wahby's first solo exhibition gets to grips with freedom, revolution and the unexpected.

Justin Bieber at the EMAs
08:41 GMT

While Taylor Swift cleaned up at the awards ceremony, Justin Bieber was less than popular when he won 'Best Male.'

Jehane Noujam and Mona Al Daif's film 'Solar Mama' will feature at the festival
05:00 GMT

Eight Qatari films by female directors and 11 films by Arab women filmmakers will be screened at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival this November.

November 11, 2012

Unto the Breach.
13:40 GMT

On a London stage, Shakespeare's literary classic Henry V is set in modern-day Palestine and portrays the contemporary aspirations of Arabs to shape a brighter future.

Hadi's incongruous photo of a boy in a perfectly pressed suit, right, seems a commentary on what a serious undertaking education is.
13:29 GMT

Masrah al-Madina's latest EU-sponsored exhibit 'The View from the Ground', takes a look at education in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps.