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Shohreh Aghdashloo Photo shoot for L’Oréal

Shohreh Aghdashloo is an actress. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, her first major film role was in The Report (Gozāresh) (1977) directed by Abbas Kiarostami, which won the Critics Award at the Moscow Film Festival. Read More »

‘Persian Night’ in Saudi Arabia’s al-Ula

“This initiative is in line with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s focus on recognizing al-Ula as a cradle of diverse civilizations and cultures throughout the ages, and establish the Winter at Tantora Festival as a hub for cultural fusion and a bridge for cultural dialogue, ideas exchange and transmission of culture,” the Royal Commission for al-Ula said in a statement ... Read More »

Ebi and his wife in Saudi Arabia

Fans were treated to the first of a two-night concert being described as historic on Thursday as singing legends like Andy and Shahram Shabpareh took the stage at the Winter at Tantora festival in Saudi Arabia’s al-Ula. Read More »

Yoga in Palestine

“We thought it was a Buddhist practice of just sitting still and saying ‘om’,” said one woman, at the start of the first-ever yoga teacher training in Palestine’s West Bank. Read More »

Corona Virus in the capital

Other officials have also contracted the disease, including the deputy health minister in charge of anti-coronavirus task force. Read More »

EU throws support behind Greece in refugee

Turkish authorities distributed a video on Monday that they said showed the Greek coastguard attempting this morning to sink a rubber boat off the coast of Turkey’s Bodrum district, which is only 12 miles from the Greek island of Kos. Read More »

Israel’s right claims election victory

Israel’s right-wing parties are claiming victory after all three main exit polls projected a bloc led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — made up of his Likud, the hardline right-wing Yamina, and the two religious parties — is on track to secure 60 seats in the 120-seat parliament. Read More »

Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Bijan Edition

Aston Martin’s DBS Superleggera is the third bespoke automobile in Bijan’s collection. The first is a 2008 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Coupe followed by a 2014 Rolls-Royce Drophead Phantom Coupe. Read More »