Despite the fragile cease-fire in the Middle East, many Africans say they are bracing for tougher times ahead and making difficult decisions about the future.

TV’s bubble burst is continuing to have an impact on Emmy submissions, with another major drop appearing likely this year in comedy, drama and limited series contenders. Variety is tracking which programs could land on the Emmy ballots, and has once again found a declining pool of eligible series. There will be around 87 submissions […]

Amazon is putting out some “Bait” to hook Emmy voters. The streamer’s British six-part miniseries “Bait,” starring Riz Ahmed, is making a push for the Emmy season, with plans to submit in 21 categories, including outstanding limited or anthology series, Variety has learned exclusively. “Bait” follows Shah Latif (Ahmed), a struggling British Pakistani actor navigating […]

Iranian-German playwright Nassim Soleimanpour and director Omar Elerian have launched There & Then, an independent theatre company whose inaugural production brings “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” back to London’s West End in its 15th anniversary year, in association with producer Nica Burns. The format places a different performer onstage each week, handed a sealed envelope containing […]

"I want to do with carpets anything that I can with all the instruments that exist, so no one can even do anything with them in the coming 100 years,” boldly declared Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed in an email, as if penning his personal manifesto... Read the full article on the artist by clicking above! The post Faig Ahmed Redfines the Traditional first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine.