By Rohma Sadaqat

You know what really makes my day? Witnessing someone do a good deed.

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By Sami Ha Zen

The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation,” said American theatre artist Stella Adler, who founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City in 1949.

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By Sarwat Nasir

I was woken up at midnight to noises of children playing out in the hallway of where my hotel room was located. “Why are there kids here in Baikonur? And at this late in the hour?” I thought to myself.

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By David Light

What’s a light-year? The same as a regular year, but with fewer calories. Just an example there of the mind-numbing ramblings with which we have had to amuse ourselves, seemingly for decades, while twiddling our thumbs waiting for the world’s first spaceport to open for business. How and why is commercial space travel taking so long?

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By Purva Grover

When you’re new to a place, you find your bearings by surrounding yourself with individuals who have the same interests and passions as yours. And that’s what took me to a particular spot in the sleepy, industrial neighbourhood of Al Quoz a couple of years ago. Someone said all the crazy, creative ones like you hang around there. I was sold.  Continue reading Dubai just gave permanent residency to arts →

By Asma Ali Zain

Certain occasions are always associated with memories or maybe those memories are connected with occasions? Whatever the case, occasions live with us lifelong through memories — some happy and others sad.

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