The Tribeca Film Festival has found its way to the Middle East. The very first Tribeca Film Festival was held in Doha, Qatar starting Thursday until Sunday last week. Upcoming artists and notable movies in the Middle East were honored and recognized at the said festival.
A handful of Hollywood stars also attended the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF). Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, and Ewan MacGregor graced the event. Aside from them, Nair, Martin Scorsese, Haifa Hussein, Jassim Al Nabhan, and many other stars also attended the event.

The 17th Damascus International Film Festival kicked off on Saturday night with an artistic performance followed by a screening of the Peruvian movie "The Milk of Sorrow" which won a Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival 2009.
The festival is rich with the participation of 275 films from 52 countries.
The irony of it all is that only two Syrian films, the only two produced this year, are part of the festival!

The Cairo International Film Festival kicks off next month on Nov. 10th in, where else, Cairo!
This time the festival is determined to attracted even more international stars and specifically Hollywood stars.
It's been announced that Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu & Tom Berenger are going to be on the prestigious jury panel of the festival.

Bootylicious American singer Beyonce, is going to hold her first Middle East concert in Abu Dhabi today and next week she's jetting over to Egypt for a highly publicized concert in Port Ghalib on the Red Sea.
This concert has found both positive and negative feedback from the Egyptian laymen and even some legislators!

The race is on and the question of the upcoming month is: Who will win the 2009 Music Award this year? Will it be Amr Diab, Nancy Ajram, Tamer Hosny or maybe Haifa Wehbe?

Ramadan has gone on its way and we'll have to wait another year to rejoice with its presence again ... but the Eid is here and it's a great occasion to celebrate and be joyous!
The Eid is an opportunity to enjoy a family gathering and connect to people one hasn't seen in a while.
The Eid is an opportunity to help others and make little kids happy, with a little extra pocket money, sweets or a new toy.

Eid Mubarak everyone ... Enjoy it and savor each happy moment you spend with your loved ones.

Finally, the moment had come to choose who will be the 58th Miss Universe! Beautiful women from 84 countries competed for the title that Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela held. Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas was hot with anticipation at the opening of the program. People had their own favourites which they cheered for as the night went on. However, out of 84, only one will be chosen to wear the Miss Universe crown so, bit by bit, some of the contestants did not make it to the Top 15 finalists.

Photos of Stefania Fernandez

These are various photos from the Murex D'Or Awards 2009. You can see singers like Nancy Ajram, Haifa Wehbe, Samira Saeed, Ragheb Alama, Yara, Josef Attieh and Shatha Hasoun ... and also Actors like Sumaya Khashab, Khaled Nabaw, Sulaf Fawakherji and Abed Fahd.

The annual Murex D'Or Awards were LIVE last Friday.
The awards will air this Saturday on LBC.
Here is a full list of the winners:

The most popular Lebanese singer: Haifa Wehbe.
The best Arabic singer: Samira Sayed.
Best Lebanese singer: Yara.
Best of the Lebanese Artists: Ragheb Alama.
Best young male singer: Hossam Habib.
Best young female singer: Shatha Hassoun.

Enjoy these exclusive photos from the opening event of Roberto Cavalli Club in Dubai, which was held recently in Fairmont Hotel Dubai.
Many celebrities were there such as Lebanese singers Elissa, Wael Kfoury and Julia Boutrus...

Special thanks to a Waleg fan who sent us these exclusive photos and asked not to mention his name :)

Last night, Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton, was crowned as Miss USA 2009.
This means she beat 50 other girls and will be moving along to represent USA in the prestigious Miss Universe Pageant in August.

The beauty & brains event was held at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Photos of Miss USA 2009

What global event transpired last Saturday night? Are you even aware that there was a significant global event that was supposed to take place from 8:30 to 9:30? Shame on you if you didn’t know it was Earth Hour! But even if you didn’t know and you didn’t participate, the said even was still a huge success according to environmental activists. The participation of over 88 countries in the world was greatly felt as time zone by time zone, the lights dimmed from 8:30-9:30. Over 4,000 cities and towns turned off their lights for a full hour to help raise awareness about the threat of climate change, particularly global warming.

You may think turning your lights off for one hour doesn't mean much, but it actually means a lot more than you think!
Tonight is Earth Hour. All you have to do is turn all your lights off for 60 minutes at 8.30 pm your local time. Simple!

Nawal ElZoghby along with Nabil Shoail and Rahed ElMajed were supposed to hold the third concert of Layali Febrayer in Kuwait, however due to an unfortunate illness that had befallen Rashed, the concert was postponed.

Fortunately to all fans of these singers, the concert took place at the last night of the festival; The concert was said to have been the most packed, with even the stairs being used by fans.