Culture

Zack Polanski urges investigation into Israeli settlement-linked sponsor of Bayeux Tapestry exhibition

Billionaire sponsor of landmark British Museum show donated to community centre in West Bank settlement now under UK sanctions

US immigration policy is coming for your Saturday night plans

Sumayya Tobah

'Mayfair means money': A walk through the Gulf elite's favourite part of London

Christopher Nolan remakes the Odyssey as an Anglo-American imperial fantasy

Hamid Dabashi

Exclusive: MPs demand investigation into British Museum’s 'erasure' of Palestine

My father made Palestinian theatre an act of resistance

Alaa Tartir

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

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Exclusive: British Museum made false claims about its removal of ‘Palestine’ from displays

Smelly snails and deep purple: This ancient dye costs $2,700 per gram

In pictures: How a Palestinian woman keeps the ancient craft of kohl alive

Backlash in Iran after singers perform at Saudi Arabia festival

What is Nowruz? The Persian New Year explained

Tourists with crocodiles in Nubia

'Forbidden fruit': Kuwait's taboo-breaking artist on sex, sin and censorship

Dead tyrants, foiled dreams and failed states: How Arab literature captures the spirit of the times

Qatar Foundation challenges university's reason pro-LGBTQ band event cancelled

In pictures: Historic synagogue reopens in Egypt after $4m restoration

From Basra to Minnesota: The Iraqi collector preserving traces of home

Lebanon Protests

The show must go on: Beirut theatre holds firm amid upheaval

Fiery Turkish criticism against Austrian novelist overshadows Nobel ceremony