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

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Why fans are comparing the new Hunger Games film to the war in Gaza

In their own words: Seven Israeli films exploring the Palestinian cause

'Shut up and fall in line': Israel, Palestine and the dawn of a new censorship in western art

'Earliest' painted statue in world unearthed in Turkey's Gobeklitepe

Egypt asked Unesco to modify boundaries of historic Cairo in Riyadh meeting

What are the six Mena sites now added to Unesco's world heritage list?

Edinburgh fringe festival struggles to give voice to the marginalised

Ahmed D Dardir

Electronic Jaglara: The ‘cosmic’ dance music rocking rural Sudan

Between modernity and tradition: Why Turkey appeals to western Muslims and students of Islam

The Book of Delights: A medieval text that helped give rise to Indo-Pakistani cuisine

Turks drop Disney+ following Ataturk series cancellation

In pictures: Inside Gaza's traditional pottery industry