Lebanon
June 11, 2013
One of the region's most promising ensembles has big things in store with a new album "What's Wrong with Beirut?" that's ready for release during their exciting slot in the Beirut Holidays concert series.
Syrian actress Jenny Asper returns after taking time off to give birth and has begun filming for the fifth sequel of the popular television drama "Sabaya" (The Girls).
A van carrying Lebanese gunmen who were on their way to fight in Damascus was targeted by a car bomb in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on Monday. Several casualties were reported, but the gunmen still managed to enter Syria.
June 10, 2013
The Beirut home of legendary singer Fairuz is now scheduled to be restored and turned into a museum, commemorating the life of the songstress.
It was a sad Saturday night to be Salma Rachid or Perwaz Hussein. The two gals made it so close and yet so far from the end of the competition and were eliminated from the weekend's show, while Ragheb Alama gets a big a surprise.
A car bomb exploded in Taanayel east Lebanon, damaging nearby vehicles but causing no injuries
Diana Haddad busted out a remix of Samira Tawfiq’s music as a form of tribute, along with a variety of her own songs, new and old, on set of Arab Idol on Friday night.
For the second August in as many years, Beirut Holidays promises to pump Beirut Souks with a wide range of local and international performers beginning with the renowned Nancy Ajram.
Eyad Houssami, editor of 'Doomed by Hope: Essays on Arab Theatre' interviews with Jadaliyya and shares his thoughts on what's facing contemporary Arab Theatre.
June 9, 2013
Violence erupted as a group of demonstrators arrived to protest over Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian conflict, near the Iranian embassy in Beirut
Nancy Ajram has been on the judging panel all season for Arab Idol 2, but on Saturday night's elimination episode, the songstress turned guest star. Her dress may have been the biggest hit of the night, but her songs were good too.
Long-running rival judges Ahlam and Ragheb Alama have put their behind past them and become friends again on the set of Arab Idol, Friday night, with Diana Haddad guest appearing.
Lebanese artists George Awde and Stephanie Saadé wow guests "Another Time" around with a second dual exhibition at Karantina's Running Horse Contemporary Art Space.
The Red Cross started to airlift wounded civilians from the bitter battle in Qusair safety in Lebanese hospitals on Saturday, as the Syrian army moved north in search in more rebels.
At a meeting in Istanbul for the leaders of the Syrian opposition in exile, head of the Syrian National Coalition George Sabra spoke out over the increasingly obvious Iranian presence in the Syrian civil war