Sharjah: For Sharjah-based Nigerian sisters Asma, Nabilat, Suad and Iman Ashimi, Ramadan, among many things, is a time of togetherness. ### Sure enough, no matter where they are, they try to be home by iftar time. But given their professional commitments, that’s not always easy. Asma is a social media manager at a local bank….
Click:软文 Dubai: During Ramadan, it’s common to see non-Muslim colleagues whisper or gesture to each other that it’s time for lunch, mindful of their Muslim colleagues. Or when tempers flare up, patience takes front seat faster than usual. ### This is true in most cases in Dubai, although there could be exceptions as well on…
Dubai: When girls her age were playing with dolls or doodling with crayons, Sravani Tenneti was taking faltering steps to learn Bharatanatyam, one of the famous Indian classical dance forms. ### That was 15 years ago. The 19-year-old has since moved on to the Kuchipudi dance form and has over 600 performances to her credit…
When music feeds a city’s soul, it must be Kolkata. ### Park street, to be more precise. ### For where else would Linkin Park, Nirvana, Hoobastank, Maroon5 or Pink Floyd blend with Usha Uthup, Louiz Banks, Nondon Bagchi, Bertie D’Silva, Sidhu Ray, Rishi Chanda, Neel Adhikari… the list goes on. ### Dubai-based Bengali music ensemble…
Paris: Japan’s Naomi Osaka battled back from a set and a break down to defeat Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 0-6, 7-6, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the Roland Garros second round. ### Osaka, bidding to add the French Open to her US and Australian Open titles, was within a whisker of becoming just the second…
ALL UAE TIMINGS ### Thursday, May 30ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA1.30pmThe Oval, London ### Friday, May 31WEST INDIES v PAKISTAN1.30pmTrent Bridge, Nottingham ### Saturday, June 1NEW ZEALAND v SRI LANKA1.30pmCardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff ### AFGHANISTAN v AUSTRALIA4.30pmBristol County Ground, Bristol ### Sunday, June 2SOUTH AFRICA v BANGLADESH1.30pmThe Oval, London ### Monday, June 3ENGLAND v PAKISTAN1.30pmTrent Bridge,…
County Ground, Bristol ###### ■ Since: 1889■ Capacity: 11,000 ### Fixtures: Afghanistan vs. Australia (June 1), Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka (June 7), Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka (June 11) ### About the venue: Was bought by W.G. Grace in 1889. Bristol also hosted World Cup games in 1983 and 1999, when Sachin Tendulkar made 140 not…
New Delhi: Brett Lee knows a thing or two about being part of great bowling line-ups. In his illustrious international career, Lee has shared the dressing room with Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie and then the generation that came after that included a young and fiery Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson. ### So when…
Bollywood actor, director and choreographer Prabhudeva will join the ‘Street Dancer 3D’ crew in Dubai’s Bollywood Parks on May 27, revealed its producer Bhushan Kumar. ### Actors Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor and Nora Fatehi landed in Dubai a week ago, after their gruelling schedule in London. ### “The shoot is going great… ‘Street Dancer 3D’…
Dubai: The cost of entry tickets to one of Dubai’s major leisure attractions will be slashed by more than 70 per cent for four days in June, it has been announced. However, the special rate applies only to the Filipino community in UAE. ### The Dubai Parks and Resorts said on Tuesday that from June 12 to…