Author: Arabian Media staff
The threat of death lurks around every corner in Cinema Jazireh, whether in the form of the Taliban or the desert. The second feature from Turkey’s Gözde Kural (Dust) is set in Afghanistan and will world premiere on Thursday as one of the 12 titles in the Crystal Globe Competition of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). Produced by Kural, Milad Khosravi, and Bulut Reyhanoğlu, the movie stars Feresteh Hosseini (Parting, Tsunami), Mazlum Sümer, Ali Karimi, Hamid Karimi, Meysam Demanze, and Reza Akhlagrad. The challenge facing the film’s protagonist is immense. After surviving her family’s…
“An exclusive world, in which desirable prestige goes hand in hand with premature coming of age.” That is how the website of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) summarizes some of the conflicting factors that lead to, and enable, the traumatic in psychological drama Broken Voices (Sbormistr), the new film from Czech writer and director Ondřej Provazník (Old-Timers, A Town Called Hermitage) that world premieres in the fest’s main Crystal Globe Competition on Sunday, July 6. The cast of the Czech-Slovak co-production includes Juraj Loj (Agnieska Holland’s Charlatan) and an ensemble of mostly non-professional actors, led by Kateřina…
Michelin-starred Chef Vikas Khanna is set to bring the rich spirit of Assam to the heart of Manhattan with a specially curated Assam Tea Festival at his East Village restaurant, Bungalow. The announcement was made during the global 200 Years of Assam Tea celebrations held at the prestigious Summer Fancy Food Show 2025 .A Legacy Steeped in History Two centuries ago, in 1823, explorer Robert Bruce stumbled upon the wild tea plants of Assam, cultivated by the indigenous Singpho tribe in the region’s mist-covered forests. That discovery transformed Indian tea from a local tradition into a worldwide phenomenon—forever entwining Assam with…
Kelly Clarkson has postponed the opening night of her Las Vegas residency, shortly before the event was meant to kick off on Friday night. The singer-songwriter took to Instagram to share the news, noting that the performance had been pushed back because of vocal issues. “We have been working 24/7 to make Studio Sessions the most intimate and extraordinary experience with and for my incredible fans,” she wrote in a Friday post. “I am beyond grateful that you always show up for me and I am devastated to have to postpone tonight and tomorrow’s opening at Caesars. The prep and…
Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 880 posts, we featured an art festival, cartoon gallery. world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival.In this photo essay series, three exhibitors from the India Art Festival (IAF) in Hyderabad share insights on the learnings from their artistic journeys, and what success means to them. The next edition of IAF will be in New Delhi in November (see our coverage of earlier IAF editions here). Saurabh Dingare, a graduate of Abhinav Art College and MIT in Pune, has been…
Young Noble, a member of Tupac Shakur’s rap group the Outlawz, has died. He was 47. E.D.I. Mean, a fellow Outlawz member, confirmed his death on Instagram and said he reportedly died by suicide. “Today I got some of the worst and unexpected news imaginable. My brother and partner for over 30 years took his life this morning,” he wrote on Instagram Friday. “Rest in Power Rufus Young Noble Cooper.” He added, “I obviously am in no shape to talk about this right now so PLEASE give his family and I some time to process this. Mental illness is a…
CD Projekt Red is returning to the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners universe with a new stand-alone entry, which the game developer announced alongside the anime series’ showrunner during a panel at Anime Expo on Friday. The video game developer will once again partner with the animation studio Trigger for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, which, like its predecessor, will stream on Netflix. An official logo and poster art were shared as part of CD PROJEKT RED’s “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Behind the Scenes With its Creators,” with a promise that later in the day, Trigger would tease new footage for the series at the Peacock…
India’s contemporary art landscape is undergoing a quiet but compelling transformation. According to a joint report ‘State of the Indian Art Market’ by Grant Thorton and Indian Art Investor, the Indian art market at auction stood at over $144 million in 2023. This revolution is fuelled by increasing disposable incomes and greater accessibility to art, thanks to the growing presence of emerging or mid-career artists who are reshaping the vocabulary of Indian art. These artists, whose practices are marked by conceptual rigour, material innovation, and cultural rootedness, do not work in isolation. Instead, they are strong voices, who, through their…
A growing concern in India, a country renowned for its rivers and monsoon-fed landscapes, is the scarcity of water. Nationwide shortages are a result of years of overuse, pollution, and inadequate management. Both urban areas, whose outdated infrastructure cannot keep up with the growing demand, and rural communities, where access to clean water is inconsistent, are affected. Climate change, over-extraction of groundwater, and the lack of water governance are making the situation worse. The situation worsens, and questions how much water can be sustained as a result of India’s expanding population, which puts tremendous strain on an already fragile system.The…
Divneet Kaur and Simran Kaur—seasoned professionals in the pharmaceutical industry—noticed that India, despite having multiple direct-to-consumer (D2C) skincare brands, has a clear dearth of companies creating original products.“While many brands work with contract manufacturers and simply put their own labels on existing products, we wanted to take a different path,” says CEO Divneet, who co-founded Dermabay Skincare along with Simran (COO) in late 2022. With a 10-person R&D team spearheaded by Divneet as lead scientist, the Ludhiana-headquartered D2C skincare brand prioritises science over commerce. The startup creates prototypes of its product, followed by the manufacturing of the final version by a…