A first for Saudis: Mozart performed publicly and women come The Boston Globe | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience. | The concert, held at a government-run cultural...
Film Festival Gives Saudi Directors Hope Arab News | Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News | JEDDAH, 22 May 2008 — The auditorium of the Saudi Society of Arts and Culture in Dammam was filled with more than 650 viewers in the men's section Tuesday night attending the opening of the first annual "Saudi Film Comp...
Saudi holds first film festival Kansas City Star Donna Abu-Nasr Atef al-Ghanem, head of the first Saudi Film festival's cultural committee, makes preparations in front of a poster for the event, in Dammam, Saudi Arabia Monday, May 19, 2008. For a film festival, the event was a far cry from the glit...
Saudi holds first film festival Fresno Bee | DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (AP) It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came i...
Saudi holds first film festival The Miami Herald DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia -- It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in th...
Saudi holds first film festival Examiner DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Map, News) - It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They...
Saudi holds first film festival The Boston Globe | DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia—It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up -- well, no one knew. They came...
Saudi Holds First Film Festival CBS News It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up _ well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance in...
Saudi holds first film festival Syracuse | DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (AP) - It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came...
Saudi holds first film festival Buffalo News | It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance ...
Jude Law plans Afghan return BBC News Film star Jude Law is planning a trip to Afghanistan to show a film about world peace. | The actor previously paid a secret visit to the country last summer, where he met Afghan officials, village elders and ordinary people to discuss the UN's annual peace day. | "They had no idea who I was," he admitted at the Cannes Film Festival. "I was really t...
Malaysia not eligible to play in the AFC Champions League The Star | PETALING JAYA: Malaysia have failed to meet the criteria and standards set by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Pro-League ad-hoc committee, who have recommended 11 countries for eligibility to field teams in the AFC Champions League next year. | Japan, South Korea, Australia, China, Indonesia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab E...
Fake farewell for Malaysia's Mahathir Asia Times | By Anil Netto | PENANG - Former premier Mahathir Mohamad's decision to quit the ruling United Malays Nasional Organization (UMNO) on Monday represents his strongest political protest yet against his hand-picked successor Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi - and perhaps his biggest gamble. | His high-stakes decision came after a royal commission of in...
