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Engineering a space to deep dive into Arabic history, Afikra is a movement of curious people keen to host lectures, debates, interviews and more recently, Covid-19 friendly digital gatherings.
Film review: Selim Mourad’s Agate Mousse is an engrossing essay film on transience and death, boasting an elegant direction and rich in emotional moments.
Palestinian exile and resistance: There Where You Are Not
Book Club: There Where You Are Not offers an incredible glimpse into the experience of history as a Palestinian, and as the "other".
Biden becomes 46th US president, vowing 'new day'
Joe Biden has delivered a speech promising unity and a fight against racism and division in the US.
The best books by Arab authors in 2020
Book Club: From fiction to insightful memoirs and social commentary, The New Arab rounds up some of the best books written by Arab authors this ...
'We are still here': Documenting Palestine's lost history
Tarek Bakri was determined to tell Palestine's history. His work is now one of the largest visual documentation projects tracing personal stories of exile and loss.
VR technology revives archaeological marvels from the Middle East
A new generation of digital conservationists are using cutting edge virtual reality technology to revive war-damaged cultural heritage sites.
Asylum for Sale: The intersection of capitalism and migration
Book Club: Through essays, artwork, and photographs, this explosive new book documents the global asylum regime as an industry characterised by ...
Egypt highway uproots graves, homes in 'City of Dead'
Egypt's ministry of antiquities defended the destruction of the cemetery last month and said "there was no destruction of monuments".
Remembering Qalandia, Jerusalem's stolen airport
Comment: If Israel proceeds with settlement expansion at Qalandia, another sliver of Palestinian history will be lost to colonisation, ...
Tracing Iraq's lost past: Photo archives and national memory
Far removed from today's landscape of military fatigues and rubbled cities, the Iraq Photo Archive chronicles the country's cultural wealth and ...
Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution
Book Club: Nadia Yaqub's Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution delves into the political dynamics of Palestinian film.
China's Uighurs: A genocide in the making
China is sparing no effort in its attempt to erase any proof of its Uighur Muslim population.
Egypt is building a concrete wall around Sharm el-Sheikh
Investigation: Desperate for foreign cash, the Egyptian regime has cooked up a plan to revive the tourist mecca of Sharm el-Sheikh by building a ...
Royal Shakespeare Company play in Iraq
Culture: A Museum in Baghdad, which debuts in mid-October, tells the story behind the theft of Iraq's cultural property and archival ...
India's assault on Kashmir follows decades of failed promises
Analysis: Having revoked Jammu and Kashmir's autonomy, the Modi government’s designs are set to make the future the region bleaker than ever before, writes Moign Khawaja.
Man accused of Christchurch mosque massacre pleads not guilty
The man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks pleaded not guilty on Friday and was committed to ...
Arab artists make waves at this year's Venice Biennale
The high-profile exhibition of contemporary art, The Venice Biennale, includes 79 international artists. We round up some of the Middle Eastern ...
Eighteen years after 9/11, what's going on in Guantanamo?
Dispatches from Guantanamo: A week at the pre-trial 9/11 hearings brings the challenges of the remote island war court sharply into focus.
Netanyahu pulls out Iran props again during UN speech
Netanyahu had props at hand again when he addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, claiming Iran was hosting a secret atomic warehouse.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival celebrates diversity and local talent
Liverpool's annual Arab Art Festival is back for the 20th year running promising a diverse and exciting programme jam-packed with a mix of ...
Remembering Kashmir's 'disappeared'
In-depth: More than 10,000 Kashmiris have allegedly been 'disappeared' by the Indian forces, reports Nayeem Rather.
Choufthounna: The feminist art festival in Tunisia
The New Arab went to a feminist art festival in Tunisia, with performances, classes and demonstations from all over the world,
Digital jihad: Palestinian resistance in the information age
Comment: How do Palestinian hacktivists operate, and how does hacktivism form part of the Palestinian resistance? Erik Skare, author of the book ...
Blog: Cultural antidotes in a fortnight of terror, reflections by Hadani Ditmars.
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