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.
[caption id="attachment_55241655" align="alignnone" width="620"] Veteran war correspondent Medyan Daireh. Courtesy Medyan Daireh[/caption]I have only covered war twice in my life: once in 2006, when…
[caption id="attachment_55241542" align="alignnone" width="620"] Scanograms #1, Image 09, Samira in her wedding gown, the first Christian wedding in Lod after 1948. (DOR GUEZ/THE MOSAIC ROOMS)[…
[caption id="attachment_55241496" align="alignnone" width="620"] Safwan Dahoul. CELIA TOPPING[/caption]Safwan Dahoul’s distinctive canvases, characterized by elegant curvature of line and the…
[caption id="attachment_55241263" align="alignnone" width="620"] Armenian Muslim Hidir Boztas in his yard on April 23, 2013 in the Turkish village of Mazgirt in Tunceli province. For nearly a century…
[caption id="attachment_55240620" align="alignnone" width="620"] An elephant and rider trampling a tiger by Mir Kalan, part of the British Library Mughal India Exhibition. BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD[…
[caption id="attachment_55241219" align="alignnone" width="620"] Rachida Madani and Marilyn Hacker. TAM HUSSEIN[/caption]Multiculturalism has lately taken a bit of a thrashing from the political and…
[caption id="attachment_55241136" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A general view, seen through a bridge barrier, shows the Cairo skyline and the Nile river on December 9, 2012. (PATRICK BAZ/AFP…
[caption id="attachment_55241106" align="alignnone" width="620"] Saloua Raouda Choucair self portrait, 1943. SALOUA RAOUDA CHOUCAIR FOUNDATION.[/caption]The four small rooms that hold the Saloua…
[caption id="attachment_55241086" align="alignnone" width="620"] Untitled 2009-2013. AHMED MORSHEDLOO/TARA AGHDASHLOO[/caption]The international community does not really expect to read the words …
[caption id="attachment_55241036" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man walks in the Sahara desert that links north and southern Africa. DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images[/caption]Some 400 years ago,…
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