Culture

A local’s guide to Ankara ahead of the Nato summit

Often overshadowed by Istanbul, Turkey’s capital offers a wide variety of delicious food, lively venues and sightseeing opportunities

Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, creator of 'Persopolis', dies aged 56

Bidon Waraq: How a Kuwaiti media start-up recreates the ‘diwaniya’ for the digital age

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israel booed at Eurovision final as Bulgaria wins competition

Eurovision abandoned its values over Gaza, and lost me as a lifelong fan

Pablo O'Hana

'Integrity costs something': Eurovision winners want Israel out of the contest

Board of top Arab-American advocacy group refuses to resign amid growing dispute

Leading Arab-American advocacy group roiled by calls for leaders to resign and donations to be returned

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

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

Salty coffee and foul play: An inside look at Turkish weddings

Who was Ibn Rushd? The 'bridge' between Islamic and western philosophy