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DJ Khaled was carried by a group of security guards in a hilarious bid to avoid dirtying his Air Jordan sneakers for his performance at the 2024 South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Miami, USA. With some pair of Js retailing for thousands of dollars, there is no doubt as to why the record producer didn’t want to get his footgear sandy.Taking to his Instagram page on Monday (February 26), DJ Khaled, whose real name is Khaled Mohammed Khaled, posted a comical video showing two security guards carrying him from one…

Khaled Hosseini, one of the world’s top authors, has slammed book bans in Florida and elsewhere in the US as a betrayal of students and their right to a good education.According to a PEN America report released late last year, US public schools had about 5,894 book bans from July 2021 to June 2023, with more than 40% in Florida. Often, the authors whose books are targeted are “frequently female, people of color, and/or LGBTQ+ individuals”, PEN said.“Banning books doesn’t protect students, I think it betrays them,”…

During the twilight years of the Ottoman empire at the end of the 19th century, as ethnic tensions flare between the groups that inhabit its vast territories, a young boy flees a massacre and finds shelter in Aleppo with a wealthy Muslim family. Like his hosts, Hanna is part of the empire’s wealthy elite. Unlike them, he’s a Christian. Almost immediately, he becomes best friends with Zakariya, the son of his protectors. Over the next 70 years, Hanna and Zakariya’s friendship will be tested by every conceivable challenge:…

Khaled Khalifa is a Syrian novelist, poet and screenwriter whose work has been awarded the Naguib Mahfouz medal for literature, one of the Arab world’s highest literary honours. His soulful, often wry stories traverse time but are centred on the Syrian city of Aleppo, near where Khalifa was born in 1964, and once one of the world’s great cultural and trading hubs.He studied and spent his early career in the city, but has lived in Damascus since 1999, one of the few writers who stayed throughout the country’s appalling…

DJ Khaled is not at full strength after sustaining a fall while surfing on Saturday. The “All I Do Is Win” musician explained the situation Sunday on social media. “I’m getting a massage right now because I hurt myself yesterday surfing,” he said. “I’m in so much pain that I tried to golf up this morning and I played, I made it to like the eighth hole and then I had to stop myself.”The avid golfer added that he was “depressed” leaving the course but that he felt it was the wisest move given his pain. Khaled wrapped up…

DJ Khaled has made his official runway debut.The Grammy-winning hitmaker was among many celebrities who walked in Hugo Boss’ spring-summer 2023 fashion show. The star-studded event took place Wednesday night outside One Herald Plaza in Miami, where the brand presented an aquatic-themed show that included walls of water and a runway that appeared to be floating.Despite the seemingly slippery conditions, Khaled hit the catwalk like a total pro. He came out arm in arm with fashion icon Naomi Campbell, while donning a classic…

Benzino is calling out DJ Khaled and Funkmaster Flex for using him to get famous.The former owner of The Source took to Twitter this week to issue a lengthy rant in which he took shots at the pair for taking advantage of his platform. “It’s funny how when I owned the Source & EP’d the Source Awards I gave a lot these guys who are successful a major platform & some even a bag, but when I fell, they all act like they don’t me, I just smile how they big ‘celebrities’ now, back then needed my platform & helped…

Instagram has rolled out a new 2022 Recap template for Reels, allowing you to share some of your best moments throughout the year. The template is already live on the app and can be found at the top of your feed. Other online services like Spotify and BeReal also offer similar ways to look back on the content you have consumed and shared over the past year. Instagram's 2022 Recap Reel offers a template that can be customised with at least three photos and videos.The social media platform announced the new template via…

DJ Khaled breaks down in tears of joy at Mecca(Pic Credit: Instagram) Grammy Award-winner DJ Khaled visited Mecca for Umrah and said that the moment he walked into Mecca, his eyes welled up. Khaled, who is known for tracks such as ‘I’m the one’, ‘Wild thoughts’ and ‘Higher’, shared a string of pictures and videos from his visit of the Kaaba. DJ Khaled wrote: “The second I walked in Mecca, tears came down my eyes. Tears of joy. I wanted to go to Mecca to pray and to give gratitude to Allah my whole life. I prayed for…

In celebration of DJ Khaled’s 47th birthday, Drake blessed DJ Khaled with not one, not two, not three, but four luxury Toto toilets. Khaled showed off the unique gifts via on Saturday, where he also laid out some of the toilet’s most notable features: It has remote control operation, a UV-light cleaning system, an air deodorizer, a bidet function, heated seats, and the Tornado flush system.“Listen this is not no regular toilet bowl. My brother Drake just bought me and my family about four big toilet bowls,” Khaled said.…