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British Prime Minister Theresa May. (AFP)

Britain’s Poet Laureate Satirizes Theresa May

by Fadel al-Sultani | Jun 12, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Scotland’s Carol Ann Duffy is Britain’s poet laureate, an honorary title and British tradition that was first introduced in 1668. John Dryden, one of the greatest English poets, was the first British poet laureate. He occupied the position for two years and was...

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Juventus players celebrate after their victory over Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

Juventus are Entirely Dominant in Italy. When Will their Rivals Step Up?

by Fadel al-Sultani | May 6, 2017 | Sports

London – To the majority of football supporters, the Italian game is a fallen giant. Serie A is seen as a fading image of what was once the best league on the planet – an image that remains vivid only in the memories of older generations. Its keenest aficionados...

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Tawfiq al-Hakim

Recordings Reveal Tawfiq al-Hakim Writer for Children

by Fadel al-Sultani | Jan 3, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- Many people cannot believe that Tawfiq al-Hakim could have been an author of children’s literature. They cannot believe that the man who wrote “The People of the Cave,” “The Return of the Spirit,” “The Return of Consciousness,” “My Donkey told me” and many...

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Victims, Executioner on Same Land

by Fadel al-Sultani | Oct 31, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

How can innocent, tortured spirits live in peace while their oppressors haven’t paid for their acts and may never do? Chilean-American novelist Ariel Dorfman has raised this question in his book “Death and the Maiden”, inspired from a real incident that took place in...

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U.S. musician Bob Dylan (R) performs on the second day of the Hop Farm Music Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent June 30, 2012. REUTERS/ Ki Price

American Rock Sensation Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

by Fadel al-Sultani | Oct 14, 2016 | Entertainment

After a little over a decade of being nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, American rock sensation Bob Dylan won one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel— noting that a musician winning the top award in literature is a first. Mr....