Chloé Zhao's Hamnet enters the awards season adorned with prestige, affirming its place among this year's most anointed films. Yet beneath the acclaim lies a curious emotional hollowness.

In her debut work, 'The Metamorphoses of Medusa', Belgian-Lebanese poet Racha Mounaged reworks Greek myth through marine science, translation, and political reflection

Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

From 'The Age of Emptiness' to 'The Odyssey of Hyperpower', this French philosopher has charted the seductive traps of hypermodernity

Whether to legislate against Under-16s accessing a big part of contemporary society is a complex question involving law, technology, privacy, rights, and the nature of a child's development

The Australian physician-turned-novelist of Chinese descent talks about her latest critically-acclaimed novel, 'The Burrow' and why she regrets not speaking Cantonese

A tour of the newest movie releases and an older classic for good measure

Long before Europe's major capitals emerged, Arab cities formed vast, sophisticated urban systems. Cairo's architectural evolution traces the rise, openness, and endurance of this civilisation

Annemarie Jacir crafts a human drama that strikes unerringly at its political themes, showing how today's events are directly linked to the events of 90 years ago

A play created by AI, as if written by Molière, was recently presented in Paris, bringing with it dire consequences