The Hama that Mohammed Hisham Barazanko paints does not exist any more. Some features in his pictures are recognisable: there are alleyways covered by pointed arches like the ones near his studio.

Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one of the darkest chapters of the Assad clan's rule. "I've never really talked ...

And that includes a Berks County woman who makes the iconic beads associated with the Big Easy. "We do Madrid Gras throws. So if you're not familiar, that's anything and everything that would come ...

It’s a delightful pattern of lunar peaks and ridges that, when illuminated in the correct way, looks like a string of beads forming the shape of a heart. Catch it under the right light this ...

Pass the Bow is an easy and fun Christmas game. Form a circle and pass a big bow instead of a hot potato until the music stops or the time runs out. The person holding the bow when the music stops ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly.

The beaded necklace has grown up. No longer a relic of craft kits past, it’s now an elevated statement, sculpted from natural stones and finished with an artful eye. Words by Simone Richardson and ...

A cease-fire in the war in Gaza went into effect on Sunday morning after an almost three-hour delay. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that the cease-fire would commence ...

Israel's cabinet voted to approve a phased ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, hours after the agreement was OK'd by the country's security cabinet on Friday. The first phase of the ...

I love my Easy Rest bed, but I lost my control and I need another one as I cannot use the bed without it. I have been calling to all the numbers I know with no luck. I've been trying to contact ...

Concern that the truce will collapse is growing as fury mounts in the Arab world over President Donald Trump's plan for the United States to take over Gaza. Israel calls up reservists as fears for ...

Released British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari along with Romi Gonen and Doron Steinbrecher arrive at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan, Israel, after being held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 ...