The 22nd edition of the Sharjah Arabic Poetry Festival will commence on 5th January 2026, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council ...

The mayor-elect will take part in two inauguration ceremonies, one private and the other public, on New Year's Day.

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The yearly celebration of Kwanzaa is coming soon, beginning the day after Christmas. Unlike Christmas and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa ...

The record-setting polar explorer talks about helping Will Smith film the new docuseries 'Pole to Pole,' rebuilding after ...

In 1987, wildlife veterinarian Mark Pokras was in his office at Tufts University in Massachusetts when a colleague from New ...

The out-flowing love is the love that goes to the darkest places in the world and takes the darkness upon itself. In other ...

This Christmas, the bells will again peal, not in mourning but in celebration. Light will vanquish darkness, love will ...

On Christmas Day 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem we now know as the song “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” Earlier in the year, Longfellow had unsuccessfully pressured his son, ...

There are still folks to whom my yearly holiday greeting is “Merry Krimble,” a classic onomatopoeiacal Beatle-ism uttered on ...

Sitting in the front row, watching a dance show, she patiently unpacks for me the cycle of nine-and-a-half beats to which the ...

Joseph Survant’s storied career as an educator and author spans decades, continents, and genres — but it all began with a ...