This sprawl of 20 million people has been dubbed the “monstruo” and slandered as an urban disaster for its chaotic slums, murderous gridlock and mountain smog. But less touted is how La Capital is a paradise for bohemian Americans and Europeans, hub of fashion designers and driving force of Latin American youth culture

"Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran," featuring 58 works of photography and video by 20 Iranian photographers, is one-half of a cultural exchange with a gallery at the University of Minnesota, and already has toured the states extensively, even during times when official U.S. relations with Iran were at their worst.

Forget the kimchi, the bulgogi and the colourful silk dresses: the Marianopolis Korean Club is washing clichés away on Saturday and replacing them with South Korean popular culture - better known as K-pop - at a showcase revue that includes Korean singing, rapping and dance performances. The event is called Hallyu3: The Trend.

In Pakistan, radical clerics have unleashed a religious fervor that is chilling secular voices and diminishing free speech...We sat down with two flourishing female musicians from Lahore for their insights into making music in the time of extremism. Singer Zeb Bangash and guitarist Haniya Aslam have chosen to write songs that are the antithesis of turmoil.

The return of cricket diplomacy raises an intriguing question: How can India use its considerable soft power—its dominance of South Asian sport, movies, music, television and publishing—to address the rise of Islamist fundamentalism in Pakistan?

The exhibition, entitled "The Forbidden City," gives visitors "an opportunity to take a glimpse at life behind the walls of the imperial palace before it opened up to the common people after six centuries," said Greek entrepreneur Bassilis Theocharakis, founder of the foundation.

The festival, featuring nine bands from across the globe, is the maiden inroad of the Indian Centre for Cultural Relations (ICCR) into jazz as a tool of cultural contact spanning Asia, North America and Europe and linking them to jazz lovers here, ICCR director general Suresh Goel told IANS.

Paris has the Institute de Monde Arab, Madrid has the Casa Arab, but what about London? Home to Edgware Road, “Kebab” & Chips, and one of the largest expatriate communities of Arabs in Europe, it’s almost ironic that the United Kingdom has yet to house a permanent major cultural center to signify this strong bond between the United Kingdom and the Middle East.