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A painting by Hamsah Shalhoub, who has held her first solo exhibition in Damascus

Faces laden with memory in Hamsah Shalhoub’s solo exhibition

In past group exhibitions, this Syrian artist proved her talent. Now, she has exhibited her work for the first time in a solo exhibition in Damascus, drawing on the symbolism of migration

Nawwar Jabbour 27 August 2024
French artist and performer Abraham Poincheval stands in a closed giant glass bottle on a canal near the Stade de France in Paris on July 25, 2024. Ludovic Marin/AFP

Message in a bottle: social isolation via human installation

By confining himself in a narrow, transparent space near the main stadium for the Olympic Games, Abraham Poincheval tried to highlight an under-highlighted problem. Did he succeed, or is he mad?

Sawsan Jamil Hasan 09 August 2024
A painting by Majid Mekdad

Defiant Gaza artists vow to recreate their destroyed works

With Israel's destructive war on Gaza killing tens of thousands, losing art seems trivial. Still, artists are determined to keep their works alive despite attempts to erase Palestinian culture.

Houssam Marouf 10 July 2024
Sebastiao Salgado/nb pictures.com

Sony World Photography Awards: Snapshots of the apocalypse

The images in this year's exhibition belie the air of reliable permanence. They show that the world is changing and at an alarming pace.

Bryn Haworth 20 May 2024
Curator Nour Salman observes a piece at Fadi Yazigi’s Atelier in Old Damascus Muhammad Damour

Syria's gradual art resurgence: A cultural reawakening?

After a decade of conflict, natural disasters, and economic woes, Syrians are increasingly turning to art to express themselves. 'The Cirque' exhibition in Damascus displayed some promising works.

Danny Makki 12 April 2024
It makes no sense being beautiful if no one is ugly Makeupbrutalism (Eszter Magyar) Wellcome Collection (c) Benjamin Gilbert

The filtered life: Cult of Beauty exhibit shows the morbidity of selfhood

Though it appears to trace the history of beauty, what really interests the curator of The Wellcome Collection is beauty's fabrication and its obsolescence.

Bryn Haworth 05 March 2024
Central Asian tiles often featured a fusion of Iranian turquoise with the deep, luminous blue of Afghan lapis lazuli. Supplied

Cartier’s muse: Islamic art on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi

A first-hand visit to an exhibition detailing the inspiration fashion house Cartier took from Islamic art.

Abeer Younis 11 January 2024

Egypt commemorates Saeed Adawi, the father of its modern art scene

The visionary painter died 50 years ago. He was just 35 and had only put his work on show once. Cairo is displaying his influential and unique pieces, which helped modernize Egyptian and Arabic art.

Farouk Yousif 09 December 2023
While the media rarely showed Gaza before the destruction, artists have always tried to amplify its vibrant character and essence. Majalla

“Seeing” Gaza: Between one-dimensional media coverage and colourful artistic representation

While the media rarely showed Gaza before the destruction, artists have always tried to amplify its vibrant character and essence.

Lina Khatib 08 December 2023
In 2010, French burglar Vjeran Tomic swiped five of the world's most renowned paintings in Paris. Now, after serving an eight-year sentence, he recounts the story in his own words in a new Netflix documentary. Netflix

Meet Vjeran Tomic, the world’s most notorious paintings bandit

In 2010, the French burglar swiped five of the world's most renowned paintings in Paris. Now, after serving an eight-year sentence, he recounts the story in his own words in a new Netflix documentary.

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 24 November 2023
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, Syria, December 22, 2024.
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Ahmed Sharaa on Syria's 'zero-problems' strategy

26 August 2025

Syria's president says the Abraham Accords aren't the right fit for Damascus. Instead, he hopes to reinstate the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel or something similar

Ibrahim Hamidi
Tunisia's President Kais Saied (R) shows Massad Boulos, senior adviser to the US president for Africa, pictures of starving children in Gaza during their meeting at the presidential palace in Carthage on July 22, 2025. Tunisian Presidency / AFP
Business & Economy

The US returns to North Africa with an eye on Beijing and Moscow

29 August 2025

The US is prioritising trade, investment, and regional stability as it reasserts influence from Morocco to Libya

Mohamed Sharki
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet on the sidelines of the two-day NATO Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 24, 2025. Ludovic MARIN / AFP
Politics

European countries trigger the ‘snapback’ of Iran sanctions

29 August 2025

France, Germany, and the UK ran out of patience with Tehran and are bringing back previously halted UN measures

Keith Johnson
People mourn for Palestinian journalists Moaz Abu Taha and Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, who were killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza on August 25, 2025, along with 15 others. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

'Genocide didn't unfold in Gaza; it was the intent all along'

25 August 2025

A new book by Lebanese jurist Mazen Shindab provides an invaluable legal resource on the genocide in Gaza, laying bare the flaws of international law and the moral imperative to hold Israel to account

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Sara Padovan
Politics

Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world?

25 August 2025

Trump's willingness to cede Ukrainian land to Russia will have global repercussions, but the acceptance of land seizures actually goes back decades, with Israel being a serial offender

Christopher Phillips

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