The winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize for Literature has drawn on the ancient Greeks to invent new forms of writing "in playful dialogue with the classical tradition"
From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival
Each time the veteran Lebanese painter displays his past works, they bring a new lustre. It is not so much a push into the past as a pulling of the present
Egypt's entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards turns decades of Egyptian history into an intimate family chronicle
In this monthly round up, we survey the latest releases from Arab and international cinema, from arthouse films to blockbusters and everything in between
The New Zealander, who died young over 100 years ago, produced a canon of work that gains more admirers every year. A new book shows what she did with poetry - and why
From British brass bands to the hymns of a Sumerian priestess and a film score that makes light of death, our aural history spans continents and millennia. These books have a unique take on it
Al Majalla examines this changed landscape—from Israel's domestic political scene to its external ambitions, where it occupies large swathes of new territory in the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria
From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival