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

Venice Film Festival 2022: The Middle Eastern movies to look out for

Liverpool Arab Arts Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary

San Francisco library cancels exhibition over 'Zionism is racism' phrase

'My hijab makes me powerful': The Yemeni-American teen whose painting will hang in the US Capitol

Osman Hamdi Bey: Artist, archaeologist and protector of Ottoman heritage

Five Egyptian artefacts seized from New York's MET as part of Louvre trafficking investigation

Ex-director of Louvre charged with Egyptian art trafficking

'A corpse in a gown': Palestinian artist Zainab al-Qolaq on losing 22 family members

Marwa al-Sabouni: 'I’m not liberal, I’m not conservative, I’m just Muslim'

What contemporary Iranian art can tell us about the world

Hamid Dabashi

The surprising link between Japan's manga and Islam

Musician Dana al-Fardan on influences, activism and being the sound of Qatar Airways