[caption id="attachment_55235140" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egypt's new Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II [/caption]On 29 November, clerics from the Coptic Orthodox Church began casting ballots…

[caption id="attachment_55235090" align="alignnone" width="620"] Local children and British band Jaffa, 1930s (credit: SOAS)[/caption]The exhibition ‘Britain in Palestine’ is currently showing at the…

[caption id="attachment_55235014" align="alignnone" width="620"] "Oil Candies" by Maha Malluh at the Selma Feriani Gallery[/caption]Tucked away in Maddox Street, a strangely quiet side road wedged…

[caption id="attachment_55234938" align="alignnone" width="614"] Turkish actress Neslihan Atagül in a scene from “Araf/ Somewhere in Between.” (credit: Today's Zaman)[/caption] Film festival season…

[caption id="attachment_55234856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Anti-Assad protesters in Syria[/caption] Stephen Starr spent several years in Syria prior to the uprising against Bashar Al-Assad,…

[caption id="attachment_55234810" align="alignnone" width="600"] Tea and Coffee by Nadia Hamomud (credit: Nour Festival/Nadia Hammoud)[/caption]Taking place primarily during October and November, the…

[caption id="attachment_55234760" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Front page of the embattled Turkish newspaper, Taraf, 22 October 2012.[/caption] Taraf [ta-RAF ] n. side, facet Taraf olmak [ta…

[caption id="attachment_55234669" align="alignnone" width="620"] (Photo credit: RICHMIX)[/caption] Algeria celebrates 50 years of independence this year. To mark this occasion, RICHMIX is hosting a…

[caption id="attachment_55234630" align="alignnone" width="613"] Screenshot from The Repentant, Merzak Allouache (2012)[/caption] The Repentant is an Algerian film directed by Merzak Allouache (Bab…

[caption id="attachment_55234587" align="aligncenter" width="640"] "The Machete", a new book from acclaimed Egyptian author Ahmed Towfik, is released this month. SOURCE: ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP/Getty…