Mona Hatoum meets Giacometti in London exhibition

A contemporary Palestinian artist grapples with the same existential questions that Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti once posed

Farouk Yousif

Putting Yemen in the Spotlight

[caption id="attachment_55249862" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A still from the film "Karama Has No Walls," directed by Sara Ishaq. (Sara Ishaq)[/caption] "Anwar's life did not go to waste,"…

Ati Metwaly

A Pre-Islamic Hero in Painting

[caption id="attachment_55249826" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Mostafa El-Razzaz stands in front of one of his paintings at his latest exhibition, "Antara and Day Dreaming." (Ati Metwaly)[…

Ati Metwaly

The Art of Syria's War

[caption id="attachment_55249773" align="alignnone" width="620"] A woman looks at art by Syrian refugee children at an exhibition in Beirut on February 21, 2014. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)[…

Goos Hofstee

Churches on the Frontline

[caption id="attachment_55249696" align="alignnone" width="620"] Saint Michael's Church in Ebbe, Tripoli in northern Lebanon. (Courtesy of Alessandra Bajec)[/caption] Father Arabius knows his city…

Alessandra Bajec

Mindful Aid

[caption id="attachment_55249561" align="alignnone" width="620"] Mohammad Al-Aslon, a 12-year old Syrian refugee points at a picture in the "Light Against Darkness" exhibition that showcases pictures…

Laura Cesaretti

Arab Art’s Social Adjustment

[caption id="attachment_55249595" align="alignnone" width="600"] Nawaf Al-Janahi, accompanied by filmmaker Khalid Al-Mahmood, tours the UAE to raise awareness for his Emirati Cinema Campaign, one of…

Clarissa Pharr

Reading Ferdowsi in Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55249434" align="alignnone" width="620"] The picture depicts a page from The Book of Kings, known in Farsi as Shahnameh, written by the Persian epic poet Ferdowsi 400 years…

Shehrayar Shaderan

Heritage in the Right Hands

[caption id="attachment_55249169" align="alignnone" width="594"] Detail of a students' school records as conservation of a trove of Iraqi Jewish artifacts discovered in a basement during the war is…

Mina Al-Droubi

A Canvas to Egypt’s Imagination

[caption id="attachment_55249092" align="alignnone" width="620"] Graffiti art on the walls in Cairo reflects the thoughts of Egyptians about the unrest in their country. (Mohamed Hossam/Anadolu…

Goos Hofstee