Ben East

The soundtrack sold 28 million copies and defined an era in pop music. We look at the electrifying 1970s phenomenon

The One Who Wrote Destiny is "about what it is to integrate and assimilate, what it is to be an immigrant, ‘the other’" ​​

Yet another actor has deigned to write a book. The loser will be anyone foolish enough to read it

'I hope most of all people will feel a lot of emotion as well as appreciate the technical skill of the dancers'

Feel the music as images sway to the piano at Abu Dhabi Festival. We talk to the virtuosi who want to attract those who ‘wouldn’t be caught dead at a classical concert’

A new book demonstrates the 14th-century polymath’s enduring influence

Ben East finds its heart in the right place but the choices fail to make any real impact, though Alexandra Boiger’s illustrations shine

The award-winning British novelist tells The National how an old injustice and modern-day immigration fuel his latest novel

The conducter tells The National about the magic of conducting and his orchestra’s pieces for the Abu Dhabi Festival

One of the key objects on display in the exhibition is a barrel bomb cut open that reveals shards of scrap metal packed around explosives

The former Dubai resident evokes Agatha Christie in his debut book, a decade in the making

As an English translation of ‘Frankenstein In Baghdad’ is unleashed, the author tells us how the civil war exposed Iraq’s dark side

Moger won the 2017 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for translating Egyptian novelist Yasser Abdel Hafez's The Book Of Safety

Robin Moger won the £3,000 (Dh14,872) prize today for his translation of The Book Of Safety by Yasser Abdel Hafez

We catch up with the outgoing writer and producer of the hit TV show