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Beirut Art Film Festival: A Tribute to Yemen’s Cultural Heritage

The 2025 edition of the Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF), in collaboration with the American University of Beirut (AUB) Archaeological Museum, highlights Yemen’s rich cultural heritage through an evening of film screenings and discussions titled “Saving Yemen’s Cultural Heritage.” Scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, at 7:00 PM at AUB’s ...

Growing Up Masked: The Psychological Challenges of a Confined Childhood

The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted societies on an unprecedented scale, deeply altering ingrained customs and daily social interactions. Children, navigating crucial phases of their psychological and identity development, were confronted with a world of masked faces, limited social interactions and new anxieties. For infants, the human face is the ...

Paris Fashion Week Unveils Bold and Sculptural Winter Trends

Faux fur reigns supreme, gracing the runways in extravagant volumes and unexpected details. At Chloé, it appears as stoles, coat lapels or playful talismans adorning handbags. Rabanne pairs fur with leather coats and transparent PVC trench coats, while Alaïa steals the show with a striking, long white faux fur coat — plush, voluminous and ...

'A Voice for the Voiceless:' Dalai Lama Outlines Vision for Tibet’s Future in New Book

At 89, the Dalai Lama presents a "framework for Tibet’s future" in his new book, offering a path toward autonomy under Chinese rule for his successors. He warns that denying Tibetans self-governance indefinitely is unsustainable, urging dialogue with Beijing. Tibetan exiles fear that China may attempt to appoint a state-approved successor after ...

Fashion Empowering Women: Highlights from Paris Fashion Week

This season, at Paris Fashion Week, designers embraced bold statements, from reimagined silhouettes to subversive presentations, proving that fashion is more than aesthetics—it’s a declaration of identity, power, and transformation. A Stage for Self-Expression Paris Fashion Week has always been a stage for innovation, but this year, ...

Hermès highlights Felt as the Star of Paris Fashion Week

French brand Hermès put felt at the heart of its Fall-Winter collection at its Paris Women's Fashion Week show on Saturday in a beige-toned setting resembling a labyrinth. The label sent out models in fitted designs with sharp cuts, small belts accentuating the waist, and jackets with padded shoulders, bucking the oversized trend seen on many ...

March 8: When Women Shake the World

In the misty streets of New York in 1908, no one could have imagined that a group of exhausted, underpaid textile workers were paving the way for a global movement. As they stood up against inhumane working conditions, they had no idea they were writing the first chapter of a long history of struggle. Back then, March 8 was just another date on ...

Pamela Anderson Reinvents Herself 32 years after 'Baywatch' and Dreams of Theater

Pamela Anderson finally feels like an actress, 32 years after Baywatch. After winning rave reviews for her turn in the film The Last Showgirl, Pamela Anderson is now dreaming of doing theater as the 1990s glamour model seeks to reinvent herself again. The 57-year-old one-time Playboy pin-up, who shot to global fame as lifeguard CJ Parker in ...

Rubens or Replica? Controversy Over 'Samson and Delilah' Rekindled

Gaudy colors, messy brushwork, even a set of missing toes—the debate about the authenticity of Rubens’s Samson and Delilah will be reignited next week with the release of a book alleging that the painting hanging in London’s National Gallery is actually a copy. The work by the 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens was purchased by ...

Gene Hackman Died of Natural Causes, a Week after Wife

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman died of natural causes about a week after his wife's death, a medical examiner said Friday, ending more than a week of mystery surrounding the death of one of Hollywood’s most beloved stars. The bodies of The French Connection star and his wife were found on February 26 in their home in New Mexico after ...

Power to Women Embracing Their Timeless Strength at the Oscars and César Awards

This year, women took center stage at the Oscars and César Awards, their speeches carried more than just gratitude—they embodied resilience, empowerment and authenticity. Beyond talent and dazzling gowns, they unveiled the deepest parts of themselves, embracing vulnerability as a source of strength. Through their words, they reminded the world ...

Evie Riski: A Life, A Century and 32,500 Pages Filled With Memories

In a modest home with wooden planks weathered by Lakota’s harsh winters, a timeworn hand glides across the paper. This daily ritual, repeated consistently for nearly a century, has become as natural to Evie Riski as the act of breathing. Since the first day of the year 1936, this now-centenarian has never missed her appointment with writing, ...