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

Aliens and the Middle East: Four historic works that mention extra-terrestrials

Nation-building animation: The history of Arab cartoons

The Barbarossa brothers and Sayyida al-Hurra: Three Muslim corsairs who took on Europe

Molokhia: How a humble green leaf both divides and conquers the Middle East

Turkey investigates DJ performance at Sumela monastery

Orientalism, exoticism, deception: The story of the Arabian Nights

Five national flowers from the Middle East and the symbolism they hold

The Baba on your shoulder: Why more Arab-Americans should enter the arts

Five historic Middle Eastern treasures to check out in London

Turkey: Animal rights activists slam annual camel wrestling festival

A battle for the heart and soul of Cairo's Downtown

Turning Jordan's historic Hejaz railway line into a park for the people