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UAE

Ali bin Tamim, secretary-general of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre, speaks in news conference. (wam)

Emirati book award broadens international scope

culture

The exhibition features sixty works by professional and amateur African artists. (MAP)

Moroccan plastic artists showcase work in Casablanca

Yemen

Yemeni actors rehearse on the eve of the premiere of the play entitled “Yemeni Film,” in the capital Sana’a, on December 23, 2020. (AFP)

Sana’a play offers relief from Houthis’ oppressive rules

culture

Tunisian film director Kaouther Ben Hania (R) at the opening ceremony of the 31st edition of the Carthage Film Days (JCC) film festival at the Opera House in Tunis on December 18, 2020. (AFP)

Carthage film festival draws large audience despite pandemic

Sudan

Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala holds the Lion of the Future “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film, he received for the movie “You Will Die at 20”, in September 2019. AFP

Sudan presents first-ever film for Oscars, in freedom bloom

Lebanon

(L-R back row) Stand-up comedians Mario Moubarak, Firas Shamieh, Mohammed Baalbaki, Nicolas Tawk, Iyad Al-Hout, Georges, and Georges pose for a picture behind Shaden (on her knees) and Lama Chmayaa (carried), in Beirut. AFP

Lebanese comedians offer relief from anxieties

culture

Algerian women prepare couscous in the village of Ait el-Kecem, south of Tizi-Ouzou, east of the capital Algiers. (AFP)

Couscous, Aflaj and camel races listed as intangible world heritage

culture

A Gnawa traditional group performs in the city of Essaouira on December 14, 2019, to celebrate the decision of adding the Gnawa culture to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. (AFP)

UNESCO pursues development value in Moroccan music industry

Saudi Arabia

Athari Alkhaldi, the first Saudi woman to qualify and participate in the King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, flies a falcon during the event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 1, 2020. (REUTERS)

First Saudi woman competes at top falconry show