[caption id="attachment_55234568" align="aligncenter" width="620"] One of the oldest stories in the collection, "House of Flesh" by Yusuf Idris, tells of the marriage of a widow to a blind Qu'ran…

[caption id="attachment_55234548" align="alignnone" width="620"] Screenshot from 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi[/caption] The tiny Palestinian village of Bil’in has become the frontline…

[caption id="attachment_55234529" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Battle of Manzikert[/caption] Malazgirt [MA-laz-geert] n. (place name) Manzikert Who won the Battle of Manzikert, or Malazgirt,…

[caption id="attachment_55234456" align="alignnone" width="540"] Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi[/caption] Jerusalem is a beautiful, inspiring work, as much about communities and cultures, festivity…

[caption id="attachment_55234423" align="alignnone" width="620"] Neşet Ertaş, the Turkish folk music singer and lyrics writer.[/caption]Âşık [AA-sheuk] n. How the death of a famous…

[caption id="attachment_55234303" align="alignnone" width="620"] A community pose outside one of the Village Institutes, mid 1930s.[/caption]After its establishment, the Turkish Republic (under the…

[caption id="attachment_55234266" align="alignnone" width="620"] An artist at work on the commemorative mural in the Shatila refugee camp[/caption]On 6th September 2012, with the participation of…

[caption id="attachment_55234222" align="alignnone" width="620"] Arab cinema looking towards the future[/caption] On 21 September a Friday Forum was held on Arab film at the ICA as the opening event…

[caption id="attachment_55234209" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish official language aims to mirror the monumentality of the mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Ataturk.[/caption]…

[caption id="attachment_55234199" align="alignnone" width="620"] Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Beethoven'sFourth Symphony at the BBC Proms[/caption] This year’s BBC…