Culture

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

Organisers have yet to provide a credible answer as to why Israel is still included, while Russia remains banned

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

Call of Duty co-founder says Activision wanted game about Iran attacking Israel

British Museum row reveals the limits of decolonisation movements

Marchella Ward

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

The curious case of Flight 422: Why was the series on hijacked Kuwaiti airliner pulled?

A sense of duty: Palestinian scouts on their role protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque

Ramadan 2023: Muslims across the world welcome the holy month

Your Wish is My Command: Deena Mohamed's fantasy tale of desperate desire

Gaza children's artwork, removed from London hospital, looks for new home

In pictures: The making of jallab sweets in Upper Egypt

Art and photography

Painting Poetry: Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi exhibits at Oxford's Ashmolean

Mild crush to madness: The degrees of love in the Arabic language

Humanity's place in the heavens: An introduction to Islamic cosmology

Berlinale 2023: Race, misogyny and a fawning tribute to Israel's Golda Meir

Sudan Memory: The project digitising a country's history

Five inventions from ancient Egypt we still use