[inset_left]The Colonel Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Haus Publishing 1 July 2011[/inset_left] At nearly 73 years of age, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi is one of the most famous Iranian novelists. Some critics have…

[caption id="attachment_55236932" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Pro-Israel, anti-Iran protesters demonstrate near the Israeli embassy on September 27, 2012 in New York City (SOURCE: Spencer Platt…

[caption id="attachment_55236911" align="alignnone" width="620"] Circa 1545, Sulayman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey (1494–1566), Ottoman Emperor. Also known as Sulayman the Law Giver. Source:…

[caption id="attachment_55236645" align="alignnone" width="620"] From the series 'Mothers of Martyrs' by Newsha Tavakolian, 2006[/caption] Rock the Kasbah is a series of street-scene photographs by…

[caption id="attachment_55236891" align="alignnone" width="586"] Jaber Al-Azmeh's piece titled Tsunami[/caption] In the past month alone, work by Syrian artists has exhibited at galleries in London,…

[caption id="attachment_55236723" align="alignnone" width="620"] Demonstrators hold placards reading: “We All Are Hrant Dink, We All Are Armenians,” during the trial of the suspects charged with the…

[caption id="attachment_55236698" align="alignnone" width="620"] Source: Kim Badawi/Getty Images[/caption] Love of newspapers has a long history in the Middle East, where news publications first…

[caption id="attachment_55236582" align="alignnone" width="620"] The El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers[/caption] As Algeria celebrates fifty years of independence, a group of Muslims and Jews from…

[caption id="attachment_55236457" align="alignnone" width="620"] A carved milestone dating back to the eighth century is on display during a press preview of the “Roads of Arabia” exhibition at…

[caption id="attachment_55236365" align="alignnone" width="620"] Actor Liam Neeson poses for a photo before a press conference to promote his film Taken 2. Souce: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/GettyImages[…