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

'Arab Christmas': A mesmerising mix of sound and setting

In pictures: Iran's silk makers still weaving a 3,000-year-old trade

Ten bizarre Egyptian sayings to try and wrap your head around

From mud to art: The proud potters of Egypt shaping futures through clay

Break down the castle door: Turning the lens on a legendary Syrian filmmaker

‘We are arrested’: How an explosive story led Can Dundar to jail, exile - and a play

Moroccan rapper gets one-year jail sentence for 'insulting police'

Troy's plunder: Where the East and West first clashed

'Trauma is inherited and we can’t heal unless we learn'

Why Shah Rukh Khan's time as a global Muslim icon is over

Azad Essa

A History Of Water In The Middle East: Drowned out by too much information

Pipelines, pulp fiction and Maradona's 'Hand of God'