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Poor or rich, they’re definitely going places! All set to tour the US as a part of the Center Stage US exchange programme is Lahore-based indie band, Poor Rich Boy. Are we surprised? Not really. They...

In conversation with Hind Benali, president of a contemporary Moroccan dance collective The Moroccan dancer speaks about her struggle to bring modern dance to Morocco “I get the feeling of [being] a...

KARACHI: Lahore-based band ‘ Poor Rich Boy ’ will be heading to the US next month to take part in the ‘ Center Stage ’ exchange program initiated by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational...

A boring and bureaucratic city no longer—that was the consensus of Islooites who attended the 2014 Music Mela Conference that rocked the city’s Red Zone at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts...

Poor Rich Boy is an indie folk band from Lahore, Pakistan that plays beautiful music reminiscent of Bon Iver and Iron & Wine. The band sings in English, which limits them on the local Pakistani music...

(Boston, MA) The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) announced a $130,000 award from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation in support of season two of Center Stage SM , a cultural exchange...

Lahore, Casablanca, and Agadir, Ho Chi Minh City, Peshawar, and Hanoi. Each has served as a global and cultural hub for centuries. As sons and daughters of these ancient crossroads, the contemporary...

For two weeks earlier this month, Robert A. Richter was traveling in Pakistan, scouting performing artists as part of a new cultural diplomacy initiative. Richter, the director of arts programming at...

Sarah Long Holland, an opera artist and accomplished recitalist from the United States conducted a workshop on opera at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA). Entertainment, that too with...

Natasha Ejaz sing their hearts out at a concert, ‘Building bridges through music’, organised by the US Consulate General at Pak-American Cultural Centre on Monday. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS Pakistani...