Art

Qatar’s top art collector under house arrest

by Haitham Sabbah May 10, 2005

He also set a world record at Sotheby’s a year earlier when he paid ï¿½507,500 (around Dh3.5 billion) for Gustave LeGray’s mid-19th-century seascape, Grande Vague de Sete. Where he got the money from? Public funds of course! Sheikh Saud Al-Thani is a second cousin of Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the ruling Emir of Qatar. As [...]

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This World is but a Canvas to our Imagination

by Haitham Sabbah May 10, 2005

This year, Computerlove.net invites artists to interpret the theme of “Geography and Information” in any style of visual language to express and reflect their personal feelings… Finalists’ Gallery See also this amazing ‘WORLDPROCESSOR’.

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Nancy Ajram banned from Marrakech

by Haitham Sabbah May 7, 2005

Nancy Ajram in town? That means: sexual harassment, theft, excessive alcohol consumption resulting in violence, people fainting; all took place during the concert in Marrakech. The mayor of Marrakech in Morocco has announced that Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram will not be permitted to hold any future concerts in the city to avoid the reoccurrence of [...]

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A New Day in Old Sanaï¿½a

by Haitham Sabbah May 5, 2005

Yemenï¿½s first ever feature film “A New Day in Old Sanaï¿½a” is accepted by Cannes Film Festival as part of the Film Marche. However, the film will not be part of the competition in the festival this May 11-22.

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Star Academy concert in Bahrain

by Haitham Sabbah May 4, 2005

The strong Islamist group in the Bahrain parliament has submitted a motion to the House aiming to cancel a plan to stage a concert that would feature the leading contestants of a popular Star Academy show.

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Graffiti on “The Annexation Wall”

by Haitham Sabbah May 2, 2005

Credit: blefever Related post: Arofish Hits Iraq, the Westbank and Gaza

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Saudi ‘Star Academy’ Detained!

by Haitham Sabbah April 24, 2005

Saudi singer Hisham Abdel Rahman poses by his ‘Star Academy’ award upon his arrival at Jiddah airport, Saudi Arabia, in this file picture dated Saturday April 16, 2005. Religious authorities briefly detained Saudi singer Hisham Abdel Rahman, made famous in the Arab World by winning this year’s ‘Star Academy’ reality TV show for causing an [...]

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Jews & Hollywood: Advances ‘Soft Assault’ On Christian Imagery (and Arabs of course)!

by Haitham Sabbah April 20, 2005

A new master piece article by Wendy Campbell, Mark Green. Wendy and Mark are documentary filmmakers from Southern California. Their documentary films can be found at the website of their company, Marwen Media. Thanks to Robert Lindsay (An Independent Left Journalist From California), who send a trackback to my post “Do Jews Run Hollywood?”, through [...]

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Peacekeeper

by Haitham Sabbah April 15, 2005

The ad says: “In times when it is difficult to avoid terror there is a new form of personal defense. Take charge of the streets and look fashionable with a bag from Sundae Best.”

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Hado: Messages From Water

by Haitham Sabbah October 10, 2004

The Japanese researcher Dr. Masaru Emoto, is the author of many books concerning the phenomenon of ‘ Hado’. The two ideograms comprising this expression Hado (pronounced hadou to rhyme with shadow) literally mean “wave” and “move”. This following definition is how Dr. Emoto himself describes the phenomenon, which led him to a series of remarkable [...]

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International Museum of Toilets

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2004

If that peculiar question ever crossed your mind-seek professional help ! But if you really want to know, you can visit Sulabh in New Delhi, India or just browse this website where they brings the museum onto your screens, virtually. Photo: King Louis XIII and Louis the XIV used to give audience while using the [...]

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Hijab Chic (Warning: 358 Astaghfirullahs Required)

by Haitham Sabbah October 1, 2004

This is hijab-in-fashion week. Armani thinks the headscarf (also known as Islam’s 6th-fard-for-women-only) is cool and in-fashion. And indeed, in Beirut’s annual Fashion Week, being held this week, the hijab made some appearances (see photos on this page) in designs by Egyptian Hani Buhiari and Saudi Amina Al Jassem. However, some of the designs lacked [...]

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Physicists reveal first “nanoflowers”

by Haitham Sabbah June 26, 2004

Would You Like a Bouquet of Nanoflowers? Today the Institute of Physics releases some of the most beautiful science images of the year so far, a collection of photomicrographs of tiny “flowers” and “trees” less than one thousandth the width of a human hair. The images are published in the Institute journal Nanotechnology. These stunning [...]

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