In a country where cinema and theater are banned and most forms of public expression are censored, Saudi novelists are enjoying new popularity by breaking taboos with daring novels.
Although most of the works remain banned from bookshops in this (...)
DOHA: In a charm offensive targeting Arab and Muslim public opinion, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton held a televised debate on Monday with students in Qatar at which Washington's policies on Tehran proved a hard sell.
"It is a personal (...)
DOHA: Hopes of a new US approach to the Muslim world under President Barack Obama are giving way to frustration over the deadlock in Middle East peace efforts, participants in a US-Islam forum said on Sunday.
Eight months after Obama addressed (...)
DOHA: US President Barack Obama on Saturday named Rashad Hussain as his special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, aiming to build on pledges to restore ties with the Muslim world.
In a recorded video message to the seventh (...)
Qatar will have a taste of Manhattan on Thursday at the opening of the emirate's first major cinema event, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival - featuring Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley.
The brand new festival kicks off with the (...)
