Awraq Magazine launch party. (Syrian Writers Association)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2013 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The anti-government Syrian Writers Association held a launch party for the quarterly Awraq magazine on August 15. The event, held in central London’s P21 Gallery, was attended by several Syrian and Arab writers and intellectuals. The...
Affleck’s Iran hostage drama Argo won the coveted Best Picture Oscar late Sunday. (ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
by Mohammad Abdi | Feb 28, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Ben Affleck’s Argo won the Oscar for Best Picture as expected. The film’s storyline builds on the real-life seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran by Iranian students in 1979 and the ensuing 444-day hostage crisis. Events unravel from the perspective of a CIA agent,...
