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A.R. Rahman’s Punjabi Track will Rock the Olympics Opening Ceremony

Multi award winning, world music icon A. R. Rahman and Academy award winning director Danny Boyle, of Slumdog Millionaire fame will be meeting once again on the “Isles of Wonder”, for the London Olympics 2012 opening ceremony. An artist of Indian origin A. R. Rahman is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Noted for his musical contributions to Indian Cinema as well as international film scores, Rahman has sold 300 million records worldwide over the span of two decades. Coming from one of the world’s most artistic and culturally diverse nations, A. R. Rahman has taken Eastern classical music and stretched it across several musical genres, including electronic, world music as well as orchestra to make a sound that is uniquely his and inclusively international.

Sheikha Lulu Al Sabah’s Quest for Cultural Diplomacy

Sheikha Lulu Al Sabah is a visionary who has found the combination of diplomacy and art to be quite impactful. As a member of the Kuwaiti royal family, the Sheikha has made it a point to promote art by Western artists within the region as well as to highlight Middle Eastern artists abroad through her art advisory group called JAMM. We got a chance to speak to the Sheikha.

Storyteller-in-Chief: The Art of Building your Brand

“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today,” says award-winning writer and director Robert McKee. In a world powered by competitive economies, innovative technology and cut-throat businesses, the simple art of story-telling follows through as the most effective way of communicating a brilliant idea.

The Economic Kurdish Spring

Besides Salahadin, few know of the Kurds, their history and the atrocities they have faced over the years in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. But now the international business community is beginning to recognize the Kurds in Iraq.

In the north of the war-torn country, the autonomous Kurdish Region is attracting substantial foreign investment from investors keen to tap into the burgeoning economy, fueled by the prospect of oil and gas revenues.

Joey Wolffer’s Luxury Treasure Chest on Wheels

Washington DC is no stranger to the success and popularity of food trucks parked at every busy street corner. DC-fashionistas,’ however, have something new to cater to their tastes as well.

Formerly a potato chip food truck, the StyleLiner is a fashion boutique on wheels and the new truck on the block.

A Filmmaker’s Journey and Other Happy Endeavors

Roko Belic sounds happy. In the most literal sense his voice reflects some unearthed secret about life that most of us seem to have dashed by in our nervous frenzy of daily activity. Belic, an Academy award nominee and Sundance Award winner, made his directorial debut in 1999 with Genghis Blues.