“Panettone is a very special cake that is usually prepared for the Christmas holidays. It was definitely invented in Milan. The real speciality of the cake is that it is exchanged with families and friends as a sign of love and inclusion. It really is an Italian characteristic” — Pasquale Salzano,

“After the movie, he walked all the way home,” says Doha resident Sujata Varma. “He must have been around 75 then, but he walked all the way home.”

Allah, subhanahu wa ta’ala, sent the prophets and the messengers with glad tidings and warnings to humanity. Their main duty has been to call people to worship Allah Alone, ie to the faith of tawheed, and warn them against shirk, or associating partners with Allah.

Twenty-one-year old pianist Lu is rapidly building an international reputation as a young pianist with enormous promise and a distinctive musical voice. A native of Boston, Lu is the first prize winner of the 2015 US National Chopin Competition in Miami, where he also received The Best Concerto

Frozen 2 has been dominating the box office, its soundtrack has hit No 1 on Billboard, and the movie’s award nominations so far have included 10 Annies.

Charlize Theron was running late for school drop-off on Monday when she noticed a barrage of text messages pouring into her phone.

Ever heard the saying ‘Work is Worship?” One of my favourite spiritual teachers in India has another similar lovely, beautiful saying….”Your mind should always be with him and your hands should be doing his work.

It’s that time of the year again, when the neurochemistry of your brain is aligning itself to spark the holiday spirit. Your work colleagues are transitioning into pleasant beings, much like the weather outdoors.

I remember in the old days, when I used to get angry on almost anything; that changed of course, as I started losing friends, jobs, and myself! I thought that it is a must to enroll myself in an ‘Anger Management’ course to demolish these emotions.

I find myself saying ‘everything happens for a reason’ way too much, so I sat down and tried to figure out why I feel so comfortable stating that phrase to myself and others, so much of the time.

There’s a huge pressure that a person faces when changing a part of their life in ways that are perceived as ‘drastic’ or even ‘extreme’ to others who do not share the mind-set. The pressure of being labelled under a certain diet can turn a positive opportunity into a somewhat negative

The seventh edition of ‘Premios Amigos de Espa?a’ (Friends of Spain Awards) was recently organised with enthusiasm at W Doha hotel.