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

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

Free speech vs hate speech: The journey towards coexistence requires dialogue

Prince El Hassan bin Talal

Nasreddin Hodja: The archetypal trickster of Muslim folklore

Freedom, justice, Palestine: Five revolutionary modern Arab poets

Shams al-Maarif: Why is this mystic book feared in the Middle East?