Culture

Film

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
Culture
Call of Duty co-founder says Activision wanted game about Iran attacking Israel
Culture
British Museum row reveals the limits of decolonisation movements
Marchella Ward
Culture
Why a group of digital linguists are trying to revitalise the long-extinct Phoenician language
Culture
British Museum's move to erase Palestine from exhibit labels is shameful
Victoria Brittain
Film
El Sett: Why did the Saudi-backed biopic about Umm Kulthum flop?
Culture
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
Culture
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
Books
The New Byzantines: An exploration of Greece's Middle East ties
Heritage
Palestinian Museum unveils trove of historic dresses and cultural artefacts
Culture
Meet the woman fusing the traditional Japanese Obi with the Palestinian tatreez
Culture
One Ahwazi man’s mission to preserve Arab cultural identity in Iran
Culture
Istanbul's Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden and its contested history
Inside Algeria
In pictures: The Great Mosque of Algiers
Third Intifada
Google search results suggest Palestinian keffiyeh a symbol of terrorism
Culture
Sham el-Nessim: A guide to the Egyptian spring festival
Culture
Tokyo drift: How a growing number of Muslims are making Japan their home
Culture
How Shakespeare's works challenge colonialism
Ahmed D Dardir
Inside Egypt
Egyptians angry at violence and alcohol in new Ramadan TV shows
Culture
Saudi Arabia’s folk war dance
Religion
Yildiz Camii: Istanbul's last sultanic mosque