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December 17, 2012
Popular Saudi singer Mohammed Abdu has hit out at rumors that he has put an end to performing because of ill health.
Actor Amr Waked and actress Aida El-Kashef were among Egyptian award-winners at this year's Dubai International Film Festival.
Egypt's largest revolutionary youth movement calls on Egyptians via music to reject the draft constitution.
Like most Palestinians, Iman Said has had her own experience of expulsion and displacement. Now the screenwriter puts her experiences into her art.
‘Wadjda’ by Haifa Al Mansoor has won Best Arab Feature Film at the ninth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival.
Musicians and poets will perform at festival in Tahrir Square on Thursday after marching to condemn draft constitution and call for protection of Egypt's cultural identity.
Unlike the tight-lipped CIA Middle East division chief he plays, Patinkin is a talkative sort.
Once again the curtains have fallen on the Dubai International Film Festival and this year will be one to be remembered.
December 16, 2012
Celebrities helped raise $542,000 for the annual Oxfam gala on the sidelines of DIFF.
Chris Brown partied on after his Meydan gig.
The quirky pop up film fest, Future Shorts, will take place at Bikya Maadi on 21 and 22 December.
DIFF is giving worldwide fans of Arab cinema the chance to 'hang out' with actors and directors from the region this December, courtesy of an agreement between the festival, Google and YouTube.
Earlier this month Egyptian musician Ammar Al-Sherei passed away at the age of 64. But while his life might be over, his legend lives on.
Classic Norwegian fantasy film, Journey to the Christmas Star, captures hearts in Dubai at DIFF
The young Tunsian actress is set to take on the role of the hated wife of ex-president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.








