[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] …

[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…

[caption id="attachment_55245956" align="alignnone" width="620"] Hamed Sinno of Mashrou' Leila. (The Majalla/James Hanna)[/caption]The small concert hall at The Garage in Highbury and Islington is a…

Wadjda is an adventurous pre-teen with a simple enough request: she wants a bicycle. But in Saudi Arabia, bicycles are only for boys. Girls are not supposed to exert themselves in any kind of…

[caption id="attachment_55245766" align="alignnone" width="620"] A still from Feeding 500. (Rafed Al-Harthi/ Ray Hadded)[/caption] Many people would claim to be cat lovers, but very few would…

[caption id="attachment_55245684" align="alignnone" width="620"] Buckets of pearls at the V&A's Pearls exhibition (James Hanna/V&A/Qatar Museum's Authority)[/caption]A large, seventeenth…