LONDON: On Dec. 31, Lynn Gaspard will lose her home. Not her house, where she lives in London with her family. But when her family’s bookstore on Westbourne Grove closes for the last time, it will be the end of an era for her, and for the generations of London’s Middle Easterners for whom Al-Saqi has been a home from home, a unique cultural oasis and welcoming meeting place
Some Syrians in Turkey have built their dreams on the idea of getting citizenship to build a future and a life there. Amid skyrocketing anti-Syrian sentiment, the promise of that dream is slipping away, even for those who achieved it
RIYADH: The Saudi hip-hop music scene was in the spotlight at the weekend when local talent took to the stage in Riyadh at BeatRoots, a special music event that took place on Friday at AlMashtal Creative Space, in collaboration with Bahraini record label Museland. The event, inspired by New York-style block parties, featured live performances by six Saudi and Bahraini artists,