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

Popular music streaming service Spotify opens up to Middle East market

The Khashoggi affair shows Turkey's mastery of 'soft power'

Tanya Goudsouzian

Modern spin of 'The Pit and the Pendulum' puts Iranian woman at centre stage

Iraqi and British activists protest BP’s sponsorship of Assyrian exhibition

Meeting the 'other': A British Jewish actor's search for voices of Palestine-Israel

'I still feel the need for resistance in my writing': Sudanese author Leila Aboulela

The British Museum's new gallery: A history of Islam in over a thousand objects

Behjat Sadr: Iran's 'pioneer of visual arts' gets first exhibition in London

Planes and pyramids: The surreal mansions of Lebanon's Nigeria Avenue

Inside the Arab heart of Mexico City

'You have to go deeper': Islamic art comes alive at Jameel prize in London

Food, art and literature: How Israel is stealing Arab culture

Nada Elia