[caption id="attachment_55243112" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqis watch a movie during a screening at the Kurdish Film Festival in the northern Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah. SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP…

[caption id="attachment_55242881" align="alignnone" width="620"] Istanbul circa 1955. The Galata neighborhood can be seen in the foreground overlooking the Golden Horn. Hulton Archive/Getty Images[…

[caption id="attachment_55242592" align="alignnone" width="620"] Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi. (Tam Hussein)[/caption]In 2012, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi went from being Sudan’s most celebrated poet to a political…

[caption id="attachment_55242614" align="alignnone" width="620"] Dana Al-MojilStill from the film "Wonderland: A True Story"Courtesy of The Mosaic Rooms[/caption]Following the highly successful and…

[caption id="attachment_55242444" align="alignnone" width="620"] A photo of the Bosporus river and Istanbul's Asian (Bottom) and European (Top) shores. (PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Three…

[caption id="attachment_55242342" align="alignnone" width="620"] Thousands of people gather in Taksim Square after the government said it would clear the protest within 24 hours, on June 13, 2013, in…

[caption id="attachment_55242321" align="alignnone" width="620"] Israeli settlements and the separation wall in the West Bank village of Nilin. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] When…

[caption id="attachment_55242290" align="alignnone" width="620"] A demonstration outside the Egyptian High Court in Cairo on April 17, 2013. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images[/caption][inset_left…

[caption id="attachment_55242213" align="alignnone" width="620"] FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] The Antarctic penguins may not be aware, but they have become a symbol of resistance in…

[caption id="attachment_55242162" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Cairo Opera Ballet Company performing Verdi's Aida in May 2013. (MOURAD HESHMAT)[/caption] Last month, during a session of the…