Culture

Berlinale 2026: Arab and Turkish filmmakers deliver strong line-up despite Gaza controversy

Palestinian-Syrian director Abdallah al-Khatib ruffled the feathers of the German elite with his passionate defence of the Palestinian cause

Why a group of digital linguists are trying to revitalise the long-extinct Phoenician language

British Museum's move to erase Palestine from exhibit labels is shameful

Victoria Brittain

El Sett: Why did the Saudi-backed biopic about Umm Kulthum flop?

Yennayer: What you need to know about Amazigh New Year

Israel's genocide in Gaza

We Are Still Here: What it feels like to live through Gaza's genocide

From steamships to sovereignty: How Iraq's old arteries challenge modern myths

Tanya Goudsouzian

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Palestine campaigners to increase pressure on Eurovision after Israel approved to take part

The New Byzantines: An exploration of Greece's Middle East ties

Inside Australia’s diverse and longstanding Lebanese community

Middle East unites online to condemn Swedes for not feeding their guests

Exploring the smells and perfumes of ancient Egypt

The Queen's gambit: The battle to return the ancient Libyan ruins in Windsor's Great Park

Tracing the history of the Mamluk carpets that dazzled the Mediterranean

'Eyes wide shut': Has Egypt's Great Sphinx really closed its eyes?

Let there be light: Five window frame designs from the Middle East

Six things we learned from Arab TV shows this Ramadan

Seven national animals from the Middle East and what they represent

Chef Joudie Kalla on preserving Palestinian cuisine, activism, and 'shadow banning'

In the Middle East our very memory of the world is through poetry

Hamid Dabashi

Kaftans and hammams: An inside look at Moroccan weddings