Culture

Khalid Abdalla's Nowhere: On Egypt's revolution and the ties that bind

As an orphan of the 25 January uprising, I found entire parts of my personal life embodied in this stunning play

Voices of Resilience: Palestinian artists recount life, birth and a year of sorrow in Gaza

Victoria Brittain

Amateur director from Turkey wins top prize at Venice Film Festival

Dar al-Fata al-Arabi: A look at the first Arab publishing house dedicated to children

Israel's war on Gaza

My cousin's poems were the heartbeat of Palestine. Israel killed him but his words live on

Ahmed Najar

Israel's war on Gaza

Israel's seizure of Sebastia symbolises its theft of Palestine's cultural sites

Diana Darke

Masameer: How a zany YouTube cartoon captured the pulse of a changing Saudi Arabia

Israel's war on Gaza

UK: O2 Arena denies man entry to Peter Kay show for wearing Free Gaza t-shirt

Egypt will not cover Giza pyramid with granite blocks following expert report

Rambo in the Negev, a never-seen Iran and a post-apocalyptic Beirut. It must be Rotterdam

Turkish novelist Elif Shafak ordered to pay damages over plagiarism

Uzbekistan’s fabled non flatbread endures along the old Silk Road

Israel's war on Gaza

Why fans are comparing the new Hunger Games film to the war in Gaza

In their own words: Seven Israeli films exploring the Palestinian cause

'Shut up and fall in line': Israel, Palestine and the dawn of a new censorship in western art

'Earliest' painted statue in world unearthed in Turkey's Gobeklitepe

Egypt asked Unesco to modify boundaries of historic Cairo in Riyadh meeting

What are the six Mena sites now added to Unesco's world heritage list?

Edinburgh fringe festival struggles to give voice to the marginalised

Ahmed D Dardir

Electronic Jaglara: The ‘cosmic’ dance music rocking rural Sudan