Culture

Now in its sixth edition, this year's Safar Film Festival explores the theme of 'generational encounters in Arab cinema' as it welcomes a wealth of MENA films.

Film Review: Libya's revolutions told through familial eyes, the protagonist quickly learns of his exiled father's role as a freedom fighter or 'stray dog' in deposing Gaddafi, and opens up a labyrinth of revolutionary pasts, and futures.

Ma3azef.com, a Arabic web-magazine dedicated to contemporary Arab music, has released its latest compilation album "It's Not Complicated". An audio-protest dedicated to the Palestinian people, the compilation is a trans-sonic, trans-national triumph.

This week, Arab satire 'Joe Show' poked fun at Egyptian regime's hysteria over the Nile crisis with Ethiopia, the low expectations from a much-hyped Egypt-Jordan-Iraq summit in Baghdad, and the lies over the death of a journalist in PA custody

For years, smugglers have stolen Oman's rich supply of rare meteorites, trading them without consequence. Now, with new legislation bringing the illicit trade to an end, there is renewed national interest into the story behind Oman's meteorites.

UK's largest festival of contemporary Arab culture is back after two years to once again connect communities with the best of contemporary Arab visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature and debate.

As part of International Refugee Week 2021, 'Refugee Festival Scotland' highlights the cultural richness of refugee communities throughout Scotland. This year, the festival renders Palestinian narratives through choreographed dance performances.

In a landmark report, USC's inclusion initiative has blasted the cinematic establishment for its lack of representation, and seemingly purposeful misrepresentation of Muslims within film. With Islamophobia on the rise, this shouldn't be ignored.

'The Arab-American Papers' an archive of letters and documents attesting to the intensive work done by Arab emigrants in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, is a vital resource for trans-national activism and diasporic studies.

The devastating war in Yemen has been accompanied by the unscrupulous plunder and smuggling of the country's cultural heritage, with illicit trafficking in ancient Islamic and Jewish manuscripts on the rise.