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The veteran American chat-show host brought down the curtain on his illustrious career this week, broadcasting his final Late Show. He’ll be remembered as a trailblazer in the genre.

Saud Alsanousi’s The Bamboo Stalk won the International Prize For Arabic Fiction two years ago. As an impressive English translation by Jonathan Wright hits the shelves, the Kuwaiti writer explains why he hopes his tale of a boy caught between two cultures, religions and languages will have wider relevance.

Playful, meditative, expressive. Just some of the adjectives used to describe Fray over the past 10 years as he made his name with a string of spectacular performances of Bach, Schubert and Mozart with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and conductors.

Coping with a huge change is at the beating heart of Indian-American author Akhil Sharma’s second novel, Family Life.

In 2018 the British Museum will dramatically increase not just the floor space available to show its collection of Islamic material dating back to the 7th century, but its engagement with audiences, too.

Lyon marries artistic prowess and ideas about our interconnected world in his stunning images.

Will Ferrell’s latest comedy, Get Hard, is out on March 26. Here are six reasons why, despite less-than-glowing reviews, the film might be worth seeing.

Abu Dhabi is a highlight, Paul Walker's character seems real and an eighth installment is a distinct possibility, according to a roundup of early Furious 7 reviews.

When Kylie Minogue plays at the Dubai World Cup, it will mark 30 years in show business for the Australian pop star.

1D idol cites stress and flies home to the UK after photos of him with a girl other than his fiancee leak to the media.

Set in Delhi, She Will Build Him A City follows the lives of three separate people, simply called Woman, Man and Child.

Reading the World: Confessions of a Literary Explorer is not a blow-by-blow account of Morgan's year spent reading 196 books, instead it’s a jumping off point for a more expansive journey about how we connect across cultures through the narratives we share.

The chapters in Don’t Let Him Know are self-contained, non-linear vignettes that gradually build up a picture of the family over the decades. For some, the lack of a real narrative arc might be frustrating but actually, it’s balanced by drawing a broad tableau of convincing characters.

A hugely entertaining look at life as a Muslim in Canada, it takes on everything from arranged marriage to the Haj, sexism to 9/11 and juggling her burgeoning career as a journalist and then filmmaker with being a young mother of four.

Fascinating narratives from Palestine, Egypt and Iraq that made the list certainly suggested contemporary, issue-based storytelling is as strong as ever.