Throughout history, October has earned a reputation for doom and gloom, but several literary, cinematic and poetic gems were born out of some of history's most turbulent events
The master of the mysterious and the surreal plays with time, space, and our concepts of normality to create masterpieces with influences from German expressionism to Borges and Edgar Allan Poe
Lina Soualem's 2023 cinematic masterpiece follows four generations of Palestinian women, with a focus on her and her mother, actress Hiam Abbass. From upheaval and refuge comes serenity and sadness.
Set to the stunning backdrop of AlUla, Norah by Tawfiq Al-Zaidi has broken new ground for Saudi cinema with a story about two people who inspire one another.
Glazer's Oscar-winning film prompts the question: What would we have done had we lived during the Holocaust and known about it? The genocide in Gaza today reveals frightening answers.
With so many high-quality offerings in Saudi cinema, films must rise to a very high bar to impress audiences. Abdelelah Alqurashi's latest film falls short.
Yallah Gaza by Roland Nurier was filmed before the war swept devastation over the enclave. Beautiful but flawed, its airing in Paris helps keep Gaza in the minds of an apathetic public.
In a new Saudi film streaming on Netflix, Sarah's rebellious day-long adventure ends in tragedy, but it perfectly captures how Saudi women are becoming more fearless.
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
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
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