TV

Rumi: Why show about the Sufi mystic could be Turkish television's next Ertugrul

The 13th century Persian poet and Islamic scholar is renowned worldwide for his poems about divine love

Syrian drama breaks taboo with brutal portrayal of Assad-like family

The origins of Black Cleopatra and why Egyptians are angry at the Netflix show

Ramadan TV 2023: Arab alpha males, dodgy sheikhs and toothless comedies

The best ever Ramadan TV series from across the Arab world

The Holy Land and Us: BBC documentary a 'monumental' moment for Palestinians

Why Palestine matters to Netflix (and why Netflix matters to Palestinians)

Netflix's Dubai Bling: Glitz, glamour and the shallow lives of the nouveau riche

Ramy season three: Wiser, more tortured, but just as misguided

Mo and Sabra: Hollywood discovers the Palestinian, while 'genderwashing' Israeli apartheid

Nada Elia

Why Netflix's Mo is Hollywood’s most authentic Arab-American portrait on TV

‘A milestone’: Social media reacts to Mo Amer’s new Netflix show

Marvel's Moon Knight receives eight Emmy nominations

Six things we learned from Arab TV shows this Ramadan

The pro-Sisi Ramadan TV drama provoking accusations of revisionism

Squid Game: A capitalist nightmare of all against all

Ahmed D Dardir

Money Heist: Calls to boycott Netflix drama after actors praise Israel

Ramadan TV: Seven things we learned from the 2021 shows

Iraq War documentary and drama pick up multiple BAFTA TV nominations

Hatem Ali, award-winning Syrian director, dies in Cairo aged 58

Ghost in the machine: Netflix's Paranormal is strictly by the numbers