‘My crew are my brothers’: Inside Tunisia’s dance revolution | Arts and Culture
Tunis, Tunisia – It is a balmy Thursday night in Tunis and the region’s coolest crowd is escaping the city centre. Headed north towards the…
India’s Chess Prodigies | Arts and Culture
101 East enters the high-stakes world of Indian chess and meets players reshaping the game on the global stage. India is in the middle of…
A House in Jerusalem holds the memories and grief of Nakba, dispossession | Arts and Culture
Palestinian film director Muayad Alayan has barely begun talking when he’s interrupted, a producer asking him to slightly move so that he can get a…
The Zimbabwean musician bringing the marimba and mbira to township youth | Music
Harare, Zimbabwe – Dzivarasekwa, a nondescript township on the southwestern rims of Zimbabwe’s capital, copies the 1907 template of the first ghetto, Harari (now Mbare):…
Spain unveils ‘lost Caravaggio’ that nearly sold for 1,500 euros | Arts and Culture News
A painting by Italian master Caravaggio, once mistakenly thought to be by an unknown artist and nearly auctioned off for a song, has been unveiled…
Casa Skate – a new generation of skateboarders in Morocco | Arts and Culture
Casablanca, Morocco – It is 5:30pm and the huge Rachidi skate park – commonly known as “Nevada Park” – in Arab League Park, central Casablanca,…
Exotic dancer drama, Anora, wins Cannes top prize | Arts and Culture News
Anora, a darkly funny and touching drama about a young exotic dancer who becomes involved with a Russian oligarch’s son, has won the Cannes Film…
Robe-wearing DJ NewJeansNim draws complaints from Singapore Buddhists | Music News
Singapore – A popular South Korean DJ ‘monk’, known for donning a cleric’s robes and combining electronic dance music with Buddhist mantras, is stirring controversy…
Ancient humans lived in East Timor 44,000 years ago, archaeologists find | History News
Stone artefacts and animal bones found in a deep cave in northern East Timor offer new insights into where ancient humans lived more than 35,000…
Russian playwright and director go on trial over ‘justifying terrorism’ | Courts News
Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested over their play entitled Finist, the Brave Falcon. A Russian playwright and theatre director accused of…
‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time | Arts and Culture
A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred…
Canadian Nobel-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92 | Obituaries News
Munro was renowned for her short stories, which focussed on the frailties of the human condition. Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author known for…
King Charles unveils royal portrait | Arts and Culture
NewsFeedThe first portrait of King Charles since his coronation has been unveiled. In the vibrant red painting, the King is wearing the uniform of the…
Thousands protest against Israel’s participation in Eurovision final | Israel War on Gaza News
Thousands of people have protested in the Swedish city of Malmo against Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, with Israel’s war on Gaza casting…
Protesters rally in Sweden against Israel’s participation in Eurovision | Israel War on Gaza News
Protestors have called for Israel’s expulsion from the singing contest, which barred Russia from participating in 2022. Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators, including climate activist Greta…
Slum to stardom: Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is riding high | Cinema News
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is a busy man. He is on location in the city of Bandung, shooting “a new project”,…
Hinglaj Yatra Hindu festival brings mountainous region in Pakistan to life | Religion
The dramatic surroundings of Hingol National Park in Balochistan province are the setting for Pakistan’s largest Hindu celebration, Hinglaj Yatra, which started on Friday and…
US returns ancient artefacts looted from Cambodia, Indonesia | Arts and Culture News
New York district attorney accuses two prominent art dealers of the illegal trafficking of antiquities worth $3m. Prosecutors in New York City have announced that…
Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa | Human Rights
Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020, Schadeberg shared some of his…
Portrait by Gustav Klimt sells for $32m at Vienna auction | Arts and Culture News
Portrait of Miss Lieser, a painting of a young woman left unfinished due to Klimt’s death, was long believed to be lost. A portrait of…