Arts

Turning abandoned wood into furniture in Egypt

Shahir Maged makes furniture from abandoned wood found on the beaches of Alexandria, Egypt. Maged left his career in orthopaedic surgery to pursue his life-long hobby, and hasn’t looked back since.

Batman, wigs and make-up kits: How cosplay is gaining ground in Iran

Gulf War: Kuwait artists remember the Iraq invasion

The Egyptian sculptor who made the Sphinx smile

Tehran: New Israeli spy thriller is Orientalist brainwashing

Belen Fernandez

#ArtMubarak: Hashtag celebrates art by Muslims around the world

Veteran Egyptian actress Ragaa El-Gedawy dies with Covid-19 at 81

Mehmed the Conqueror painting returns to Istanbul, sparking praise and debate

Five arrested in France over Middle East antiquities trafficking

Racism in the Middle East: The Arab films and TV that promote hatred

In pictures: Palestinian heritage celebrated in online exhibition

'It’s a cliche of a cliche': Algerians react to French documentary on Hirak movement

Netflix launches Arab theatre season in time for Eid al-Fitr

Hideout cave turned into a museum by displaced Syrian in Idlib

Meet the Saudi artist turning waste into art

Marriage, materialism, and the macabre: Meet Kuwait's new generation of artists

'Keeping on keeping on': How Middle East artists have responded to lockdown

Muqarnas: Honeycomb architecture that touches the heavens

'Shy Radicals': The book that demands an inclusive world for introverts

The best Middle Eastern galleries to view on coronavirus lockdown

From crude oil to canvas: Turning Iran's black gold into art