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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
Bestselling Turkish author faces backlash, boycotts after Gaza comments
Culture
Taylor Swift urged to end ties with Capital One for bankrolling Israeli arms firm
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How Mahmoud Darwish saluted Gaza as Israel's 'never-ending nightmare'
Yasir Suleiman
Music
From triumph to defeat to defiance: A brief history of the Pan-Arab ballad
Culture
Israeli contestant booed on stage as call to boycott Eurovision continue
Culture
'It's just racism': Eurovision roiled by controversy after criticising Palestinian scarf
TV
Between fantasy and distorted history: Six developments in Arab TV this spring
Israel's genocide in Gaza
'A pattern of intimidation': How pro-Palestine artists are being cancelled by UK cultural institutions
Inside Egypt
Egypt will not cover Giza pyramid with granite blocks following expert report
Film
Rambo in the Negev, a never-seen Iran and a post-apocalyptic Beirut. It must be Rotterdam
Books
Turkish novelist Elif Shafak ordered to pay damages over plagiarism
Food & Drink
Uzbekistan’s fabled non flatbread endures along the old Silk Road