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

Jordan's al-Samer dance added to UNESCO list of 'intangible' heritage traditions

A London dance production of Layla and Majnun reveals an ancient tale of love

'The Factory': Play explores murky nexus of western business and Syrian war

London Palestinian film festival exposes human stories beyond the headlines

Popular music streaming service Spotify opens up to Middle East market

The Khashoggi affair shows Turkey's mastery of 'soft power'

Tanya Goudsouzian

Modern spin of 'The Pit and the Pendulum' puts Iranian woman at centre stage

Iraqi and British activists protest BP’s sponsorship of Assyrian exhibition

Meeting the 'other': A British Jewish actor's search for voices of Palestine-Israel

'I still feel the need for resistance in my writing': Sudanese author Leila Aboulela

The British Museum's new gallery: A history of Islam in over a thousand objects

Behjat Sadr: Iran's 'pioneer of visual arts' gets first exhibition in London