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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
Warhol, Pollock, Rothko on rare display in Tehran
Culture
Egypt’s upscale spaces ban hijabi women
Culture
Unexplained ‘heat spots’ found on Egyptian pyramids: Experts
Culture
ANALYSIS: 'Reorientalism' is finding a new East
Culture
REVIEW: Fragments of a lost Palestine restored
Culture
Ancient teahouses, wine and jazz: A day in Iraq's Sulaimaniyah
Culture
Turkey's Roma defying prejudice with the aid of Mozart
Culture
Being a Saudi pop wannabe in LA ain't easy
Culture
Jay-Z tells court he was unaware he sampled 1950s Egyptian pop song
Culture
Manga gains popularity in Algeria
Culture
Race against the raiders of Syrian antiquities
Culture
IN PICTURES: Armenian silversmith heritage survives in Turkey's Van