A new book about Egyptian silver-screen actress and singer Leila Mourad uncovers the competing forces that shaped not only her career but also how she was perceived by the public.
[inset_left]The 2011 Libyan Uprisings and the Struggle for the Post-Qadhafi Future
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2013[/inset_left]Jason Pack has assembled articles by both new and well…
[caption id="attachment_55246566" align="alignnone" width="620"] Lebanese Sheikh Hussein Zayat, a calligrapher copies out pages of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, onto sheets of paper. (MAHMOUD…
[caption id="attachment_55246534" align="alignnone" width="594"] Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party MP Nurcan Dalbudak (L) is greeted wearing a headscarf as she attends a general assembly…
[caption id="attachment_55246392" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the 99th caliph and the last sultan to exert effective control over the Ottoman Empire.[/caption]
For 1,300…
[caption id="attachment_55246443" align="alignnone" width="620"] The sun rises behind the Blue Mosque in the Sultanahmet area of Istanbul on February 22, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. ( Dan Kitwood/Getty…
[caption id="attachment_55246307" align="alignnone" width="620"]Samia Halaby"Sunrise Green" (Courtesy of the Ayyam Gallery)[/caption]In her words, Palestinian artist and academic Samia Halaby has the…
[caption id="attachment_55246280" align="alignnone" width="620"] Abdulnasser Gharem, Portrait of the Artist from the Performance Flora and Fauna, 2007 (Courtesy Edge of Arabia )[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_55246116" align="alignnone" width="620"] Al Nour Wa Amal playing in Laeiszhalle, Hamburg. (Ati Metwaly)[/caption]Wherever in the world Al Nour Wal Amal perform, they elicit an…
[caption id="attachment_55246097" align="alignnone" width="620"] 'Missed' by Mourad Salem, mixed media on canvas. (Courtesy:Rose Issa Projects)[/caption]
An intriguingly titled exhibition, Sultans…
[caption id="attachment_55246020" align="alignnone" width="594"] Israeli Arab children play inside an air ball in a swimming pool as Muslims celebrate the Eid Al-Fitr holiday on August 20, 2012 in…
Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others
Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving
Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly