Arts

Lebanon: Christmas lights installation in Beirut sparks controversy

Social media users pondered and debated the design inspiration behind the Lebanese capital’s annual Christmas decorations

A Grain of Sand: Elias Matar on the responsibility to mourn Gaza’s martyred children

Dua Lipa criticises agent over Israel stance but brands sacking report 'false'

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Eurovision organisers: We've not told Israel to withdraw from next year's contest

Banksy protester mural at Royal Courts of Justice immediately concealed

Gaza Olympics 2048: A vision of Palestine a century after Nakba

Artists must not stay silent or 'neutral' about Israel's genocide

Hassan Abdulrazzak

Seven Pavilions of Love: London exhibition celebrates Nizami and the Persian miniature

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

In pictures: The Egyptian who finds solace in the art of Arabic calligraphy

Egypt: Dutch archaeologists banned over 'falsifying history' in new exhibition

In pictures: Depictions of Cleopatra through the ages

Why celebrated artist Baya is much more than Algeria's Picasso

Hannah Bouattia

A bittersweet remembrance of Cairo’s dream for a British audience

Ahmed D Dardir

'We need to push back at art from the West': The Gulf as a cultural hub

Stories of Palestine: Humanity in the face of an unjust world

Hisham Bustani

Hamline University case shows a failure to appreciate the diversity of Islam

Hamid Dabashi

A guide to the seven styles of Arabic calligraphy

Researchers fear UK sale of artefacts could include items looted from Yemen

How Palestine became a global cause of humanity

Hamid Dabashi