Arts & Literature
HBKU Press Invites Entries About Life In Confinement
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) has invited submissions for any literary and/or artistic works inspired by life in confinement due to the global Covid-19 pandemic and personal changes that have occurred as a result of the world in crisis. HBKU Press will begin accepting submissions until May 6 [...]
NMoQ Announces Open Call For Mascot Design Competition
The National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ) has launched an open call for artists and designers to submit creative designs for the museum’s new mascot to mark its first-year anniversary. NMoQ selected the dugong, a large marine mammal that has lived in Qatari waters for over 7,500 years, as its mascot. [...]
Qatar Digital Library reveals forgotten battle that helped win World War II
These records, from the British Library, tell how, early that year, the Gulf region experienced a locust plague on such an immense scale that the Allies feared a catastrophic food shortage that could lose them the war in the Middle East.
Asterix Creator Albert Uderzo dies at 92
Asterix illustrator Albert Uderzo has died at the age of 92, his family has announced. The French comic book artist, who created the beloved Asterix comics in 1959 with the writer René Goscinny, died on Tuesday. He “died in his sleep at his home in Neuilly from a heart attack. [...]
Mathaf’s online encyclopedia promotes art appreciation amid COVID-19 pandemic
With the temporary closure of museums in the country as part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, art enthusiasts who have penchant for Arab art can still access rich content by visiting Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art’s online encyclopedia.
Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once In Their Lives
The greatest books are defined as classics for a reason. Written by the greatest literary minds of their time, they have universal themes, characters, experiences, emotions and perspectives that are still relevant today. Some of them are the very inspiration from which entire modern genres of literary fiction have sprung up from.