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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
A new theatre performance brings Gaza to London
Culture
Shatila the novel: Refugee authors find their voice on the page
Culture
Playing Palestinian poet Taha: ‘I carry that Nakba on me 24 hours a day’
Culture
The threat to Morocco’s Fes from tourism surge
Kieran Cooke
Culture
World's northernmost Islamic garden opens in Canada
Culture
Up close and personal with Lebanese screen rebel Manal Issa
Culture
'Home Fire' author Kamila Shamsie: Muslim home secretary was 'only matter of time'
Culture
Forty years of Orientalism, an eternity to go
Belen Fernandez
Culture
More Italian students learning Arabic to better understand the Middle East
Culture
America, meet Palestine: US gets its first Palestinian art museum
Culture
Are Arab documentaries entering a golden age?
Culture
Israel wins Eurovision Song Contest for fourth time