One of the Arab world's great stories gets a new lease of life

Naguib Mahfouz's 'The Thief and the Dogs' has been adapted into a graphic novel, in a compelling version that does justice to it and may take it to a younger audience

Tarek Emam

Police Day or Protest Day?

[caption id="attachment_55248208" align="alignnone" width="620"] Muslim Brotherhood supporters (background) clash with supporters of the Egyptian government in Cairo on January 25, 2014. (AHMED…

Sophie Anmuth

Egypt’s Revolution, Squared

[caption id="attachment_55248163" align="alignnone" width="620"] Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce the nominees for Best Documentary at the 86th Academy Awards…

Clarissa Pharr

Take another Look

[caption id="attachment_55248041" align="alignnone" width="620"]Selma Gurbuz Long Tail Cat (2005), mixed media on handmade paperCourtesy of Rose Issa Projects[/caption] Rose Issa has become widely…

Celia Topping

Art's Islamic Influence

[caption id="attachment_55247916" align="alignnone" width="620"] Istanbul Contrast, Dice Kayek, 2010. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London[/caption] The wide influence of Islamic traditions on…

Vedica Kant

Egypt's Cultural Decentralization

[caption id="attachment_55247807" align="alignnone" width="620"] A performance by Noon Creative Enterprise in Egypt's governorates. (Courtesy Noon Creative Enterprise)[/caption] One of the most…

Ati Metwaly

Unwitting Ambassadors

[caption id="attachment_55247737" align="alignnone" width="620"] A December 11, 2012 photo shows Egyptian soldiers stand in front of a graffiti on the walls of the Presidential Palace in Cairo. …

Clarissa Pharr

Kabul’s School of Rock

[caption id="attachment_55247696" align="alignnone" width="620"] Afghan music student Salahdeen, 7, rehearses with a guitar at "Kabul School of Rock" in Kabul. (Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Goos Hofstee

Apathy in Violent Times

[caption id="attachment_55247606" align="alignnone" width="620"] A still from Anima State, Hamad Khan, 2013. [/caption] Hammad Khan is clearly a filmmaker on a mission to deconstruct the very…

Jesse Lawrence

I, the Artist and the Syrian

[caption id="attachment_55247534" align="alignnone" width="620"] Tammam Azzam (Courtesy of the Ayyam Gallery)[/caption] Tammam Azzam doesn’t claim to be a representative of the Syrian people, but…

Tam Hussein

Capturing the Human Story

[caption id="attachment_55247510" align="alignnone" width="650"] Steve McCurryStruggling camels silhouetted against the oil-fire, Al-Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait, 1991© Steve McCurry Courtesy of the…

Amy Assad