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Cemre Baysel & Cem Bölükbaşı

November 10th, 2025 - 12:58 GMT

Zaid Qaissieh

Cemre Baysel sparks romance with race driver Cem Bölükbaşı: Who is he?

ALBAWABA - Cemre Baysel personal life draws attention again as new photos suggest a possible fresh romance. Cemre Baysel broke up with fellow actor Aytaç Şaşmaz in June after four years of dating. She was recently seen with rapper Blok3, but she denied reports that they were dating. Pictures that were given to Gossip Pasta last night showed the star having a romantic dinner with race car driver Cem Bölükbaşı ...

The Cannes Film Festival kicks off today amid heightened security measures including bomb sweeps and extensive bag checks. (awardswatch.com)

May 11th, 2016 - 07:48 GMT

Cannes on high alert as ex-IDF General oversees film festival's security

Yemeni children are displaced from their homes after a reported Saudi airstrike in the capital city Sana'a. (AFP/File)

May 11th, 2016 - 02:08 GMT

Yemen: humanitarian tragedy, global ignorance

Waves crash into a Lebanese flag during a storm. While scores of young Lebanese are scrambling abroad for better opportunities, perhaps the key to a better future is to stay home, writes Anthony Elghossain. (AFP/File)

May 10th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Goodbye, Lebanon

Robin Thicke's new album Morning Sun is dedicated to new beginnings after a tumultuous two years. (YouTube)

May 9th, 2016 - 02:03 GMT

In the Thicke of it: Robin Thicke is coming back to Dubai!

Iranian Jewish men, reading from the Torah, pray at a synagogue in Tehran on September 30, 2013. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

May 9th, 2016 - 03:49 GMT

The Iranian carpet dealer who helped save Jews from the Holocaust

The new Han Solo film, announced in 2013, is scheduled to be released in May 2018. (Screencrush.com)

May 8th, 2016 - 02:23 GMT

Jewish 'student' discovered by Steven Spielberg at Bar Mitzvah to play new Han Solo

Trevor was in Dubai to launch the Comedy Central Channel on OSN for viewers of the Middle East. (Twitter)

May 8th, 2016 - 10:56 GMT

Trevor Noah: Back in Dubai, back on our screens

The American fantasy-drama series 'Game of Thrones' is wildly popular in Turkey due largely to the work of translator Cem Özdemir, writes Asher Kohn for Ajam Media Collective. (AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand)

May 8th, 2016 - 02:33 GMT

Translating American pop culture into Turkish

A Syrian Kurdish woman and her children wait in a refugee camp in Turkey. (AFP/Bulent Kilic)

May 7th, 2016 - 04:55 GMT

Refugee radio

A camel wanders as an oil instillation looms in the distance in Saudi Arabia. While countries like Saudi Arabia are reliant on the sale of oil, this production contributes to harmful climate change that may make much of the region uninhabitable by 2100, writes Juan Cole. (AFP/Marwan Naamani)

May 6th, 2016 - 03:35 GMT

How much longer can the Middle East withstand climate change?

The DFC is now open for submissions for feature-length fiction and non-fiction projects in development by directors of Arab nationality or origin. (35mmfrombeirut.com)

May 5th, 2016 - 11:39 GMT

Budding filmmakers: Submissions now open for Dubai Film Connection (DFC) and Enjaaz

Saudi Arabia's young deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, known by diplomats as 'Mr. Everything,' is behind Vision 2030, a set of sweeping reforms meant to steer the kingdom's economy away from reliance on oil. (AFP/File)

May 5th, 2016 - 05:10 GMT

Saudi Arabia's 'Mr. Everything' - a chance encounter