By Hassan E Vawda Coming wrapped in an already festival awed production - the first film to come out of Saudi Arabia, about women and directed by a woman, already had buzz and praise before people even saw it. It is a real feat to have a film made on location in Saudi Arabia and an even bigger one considering it’s subject matter which has so much potential to create liberating poetry, but from the result he ...

More and more each day, I am being shocked. Holdupnow has officially gone international! It's astounding that a blog of this size has even been noticed here in the UK, never mind by various places across the world. This is one case in which social media has succeeded. Some of the countries that holdupnow has been viewed by include: Australia, Iceland, the Philippines and the US among others. The fact that t ...

Haven't you heard? McDonald's isn't going to be serving happy meals any more! Perhaps this strikes you as outrageous news that didn't seem to heed a warning. Maybe you just thought that it was some kind of ludicrous joke, or you haven't even heard about this at all. Today, all over social networking sites there has been an 'official' notice from McDonald' shared. This notice specifies that the fast food gia ...

So hands up if you would like to join the magical mystery tour. My hands up. Personally, I'm a huge Beatles fan. I have to say I felt like I was the only one until recent times. The Beatles in my experience seem to be one of the few things I know to have a worldwide reputation, yet isn't outwardly listened to by many people. Don't worry folks, there is a happy ending to this story. So how can a band from th ...