[caption id="attachment_55243906" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sami Mohammad, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem, National Pavilion of Kuwait. (courtesy: Art Dubai)[/caption] Venice—the city, the name—is art…

[caption id="attachment_55243830" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian soldiers take part in celebrations marking the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution at Tehran’s Azadi Square (Freedom…

[caption id="attachment_55243269" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi wave their national flag as they attend a rally in support of the former…

Strong works of art, even if generated by a specific locale or concern, communicate meaning on multiple levels and transcend geopolitical boundaries. Artworks that operate on a surface level only…

[caption id="attachment_55243616" align="alignnone" width="620"] Children sit down for lunch in the Syriac Orthodox church hall in Acton, London after their communion. AMY ASSAD[/caption]It is July…

[caption id="attachment_55243547" align="alignnone" width="599"] Aissa DeebiThe Trial (2013), video.Exhibition view at Otherwise Occupied, a collateral event of the 55th Venice Bienniale.(Photo…

[caption id="attachment_55243359" align="aligncenter" width="620"] People visit a book hall at the twenty-first Tehran International Book Fair on the city's congregational prayer site on May 4, 2008…

[caption id="attachment_55243329" align="alignnone" width="620"] Artists place artwork inside the occupied Ministry of Culture in Egypt. ATI METWALY[/caption]Ever since Islamists entered Egypt’s…

[caption id="attachment_55243244" align="alignnone" width="620"] Syrian Orthodox Christians attend a mass marking Palm Sunday on April 28, 2013 at the Saint-Elias church in Damascus. LOUAI BESHARA…

[caption id="attachment_55243216" align="alignnone" width="620"] Inside Beirut's Inglot store. HANNAH LUCINDA SMITH[/caption] Hamra was thronging with early drinkers and late-night shoppers on a…