Culture

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

Often overshadowed by Istanbul, Turkey’s capital offers a wide variety of delicious food, lively venues and sightseeing opportunities

Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, creator of 'Persopolis', dies aged 56

Bidon Waraq: How a Kuwaiti media start-up recreates the ‘diwaniya’ for the digital age

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israel booed at Eurovision final as Bulgaria wins competition

Eurovision abandoned its values over Gaza, and lost me as a lifelong fan

Pablo O'Hana

'Integrity costs something': Eurovision winners want Israel out of the contest

Board of top Arab-American advocacy group refuses to resign amid growing dispute

Leading Arab-American advocacy group roiled by calls for leaders to resign and donations to be returned

Berlinale 2026: Arab and Turkish filmmakers deliver strong line-up despite Gaza controversy

'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

Why love always hurts in udhri poetry

Sinead O’Connor told Israel’s Itamar Ben Gvir his 'soul had failed' after death threat