Beirut / Jakarta - Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned television channel Al Manar began broadcasts in Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Sunni Muslim population.
You cannot use classical approaches to describe our time," says Tripoli-born Mario Saba. The artist describes his latest mixed-media exhibition, "Palimpsest," with a somewhat resigned, lamenting tone, one that you can't help but share when viewing his interpretation of the
Iran has warned its artistic community over contacts with embassies, saying that foreign missions were seeking to incite them into acting against the national interest. "Unfortunately, the enemies are, through their embassies, encouraging artists to act against the national interest,"
Intrepid "hunters," clad in military-style camouflage, wait in hides while animals are encouraged to come toward them. Gun sights are lined up on prey, which is only a few feet away. "It's like tennis without a net...
But he remained an atheist. His gods were very much of this world: wealth, possessions, power and prestige, and his gods looked favourably on him. He had a comfortable home in an upmarket part of Moscow...
