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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
Culture
In pictures: Idlib theatre production tackles trauma of Syria's prisons
Inside Saudi Arabia
France 'rejected MBS demand to label Salvator Mundi as 100 percent Da Vinci'
Culture
Turkey's intel is after 'Dahlan' as chief villain in a new TV thriller
Inside Egypt
Egypt's royal mummies paraded through Cairo to new home
Culture
The Mother Goddess, Amazons and other female legends in Anatolian history
Media
Six Days in Fallujah: Another shooter game that refuses to question US militarism?
Heritage
In pictures: One Syrian’s attempt to preserve the memory of Palmyra
Culture
Leading Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti dies aged 77
Food & Drink
The story of Kashmiri Harissa
Culture
In pictures: Egypt's epic Zalaga camel race
Culture
‘World’s most expensive’ biryani?
Culture
How do the Imazighen celebrate the Amazigh New Year?