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Nicholas Blincoe
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on : Friday, 10 Feb, 2012
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Cinema After 9/11

How’s this for a trick question: which European actor received an Oscar nomination in 2012 for an entirely silent performance in a film that was also nominated for a best picture award? The answer is Max von Sydow, for his role as the grandfather in Stephen Daldry’s film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. (Jean Dujardin, nominated for the almost-silent film The Artist utters a single line at the end of that picture.) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is an adaptation of Jon...

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Juliet Highet
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on : Friday, 3 Feb, 2012
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Hajj: Journeys to Britain

Walking around the exhibition for the first time, one is intensely conscious of the inward, contemplative atmosphere evoked of the Hajj and also of the solemn respect of other viewers. The venue is the old British Library with its glorious domed ceiling, and one approaches the main part of it by circumambulation of a long corridor with subdued lighting, gently resonating, evocative music and large photographs of pilgrims approaching their goal on one side.   Speaking to The Majall...

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Nicholas Blincoe
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on : Wednesday, 18 Jan, 2012
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Inside the Iron Lady

No one walks quite like Margaret Thatcher. She scurries with her knees bent, the handbag swinging like a tightly wound metronome. In the recently released film, The Iron Lady, ...

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Amy Assad
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on : Friday, 6 Jan, 2012
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The World Mourns Eve Arnold

The art world mourns an exceptional loss today as it is announced that world-renowned photojournalist Eve Arnold has died aged 99. The first woman to be admitted to the famo...

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Juliet Highet
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on : Wednesday, 28 Dec, 2011
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The Fashion Architect

“I had quite a conservative upbringing, so I just went wild, before deciding I’d like to work in the fashion industry after all.” Osman Yousefzada is of Afghan origin, bu...

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Amy Assad
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on : Wednesday, 21 Dec, 2011
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Journey to the Heart of Hajj

Little signs with intricate descriptions are held in their place with masking tape. An impressive well lit rotund space underneath a colored dome roof is strewn with ladders, p...

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on : Thursday, 15 Dec, 2011
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Nurturing Cinema on Dubai’s Silver Screens

Launched in 2004, the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has grown steadily since then in the scope of its programming and content of film screenings, and is now the prem...

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on : Wednesday, 30 Nov, 2011
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Merging Arab Voices

        Emerging Arab Voices offers highly original writing that is often bold and uncompromising with resonant narrative voices that assert themselves powerful...

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Amy Assad
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on : Friday, 11 Nov, 2011
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Life Through a Kaleidoscope: Iran’s Queen of Arts

Against the backdrop of the Second World War and the Iranian Revolution, Iranian born Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian has led a colorful life, to say the least.  At our meeting...

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on : Friday, 4 Nov, 2011
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Lebanon’s War and a Mother’s Secret

Addressing the issues of identity, family, memory and trauma, Incendies powerfully illustrates the horror of Lebanon’s civil war Production year: 2010 Countries: Canada, Fran...

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