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RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER  Pulse Canopy, 2025 CULTURE AND TOURISM ABU DHABI

Manar Abu Dhabi: a dance between light and nature

The second edition of the public art exhibition titled 'Suhail Is Your Guide' runs until 4 January, with pop-ups sprouting in Al Ain for the first time

Abeer Younis 31 December 2025
A visitor takes a picture of the painting La Chambre de Van Gogh a Arles, 1888 (Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles) at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France. Stephane Mahe/Reuters

Three artists whose names became entwined with places

Vincent van Gogh painted sunflowers and starry nights from Arles, Paul Gauguin painted landscapes and Polynesian women from Tahiti, while in Tangier, Henri Matisse enhanced his palette.

Ismail Ghazaly 12 December 2025
A work from Syrian artist Shadi Abu Saada's latest exhibition, 'Migrants'. Mark Hachem Gallery

Shadi Abu Saada’s take on the migrant experience

The Syrian artist's works on display in Beirut consider the hopes and dreams of migrants, the walls they face, and their eventual arrival in a safe harbour

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 02 December 2025
Jo Underhill, Barbican Art Gallery

Mona Hatoum meets Giacometti in London exhibition

A contemporary Palestinian artist grapples with the same existential questions that Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti once posed

Farouk Yousif 19 November 2025
A guest walks in front of a work entitled 'Out of Chaos XIII' by artist Daniel Crews-Chubb at the Frieze London 2025 exhibition in London on 15 October 2025. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Frieze London 2025: art as algorithm

Digital art is rewriting the rules of the field, revising the meaning of authenticity, and recalibrating the boundary between virtual and physical. Have we lost something here?

Fai Nasser 08 November 2025
© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images

Morocco's influence on Matisse

The famed painter (1869-1954) found both himself and the inspiration he needed in two visits to Tangier in the early 20th century, the effects of which are still very evident.

Azeddine Bourkia 07 October 2025
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Palestinian artist breathes life and meaning into Jaffa’s shoreline shards

Mohammad Qundus uses the fragments of former lives in his latest exhibition that seeks to reaffirm the Palestinian presence of today and its connection to the past

Houssam Marouf 05 October 2025
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Lebanese artist Maral Dir Bogosian on capturing Beirut's essence

Her latest exhibition, 'Roofs of the City', shows how she continues to absorb Beirut's abundant imagery as if encountering it for the first time

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 17 September 2025
Lebanese abstract artist Saloua Choucair and one of her works

Saloua Raouda Choucair: a century of abstraction

A museum named after the late Lebanese artist provides an insightful window into her enduring legacy

Mohamed abi Samra 24 August 2025
The newly opened teamLab Phenomena, an immersive artwork experience museum, in the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi, on May 8, 2025. Giuseppe CACACE / AFP

TeamLab Phenomena in Abu Dhabi: where tech meets art

Different installations engage the five senses and offer visitors an immersive experience like no other

Abeer Younis 13 August 2025
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IRGC soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on 22 September, 2018. AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war could empower the IRGC

09 March 2026

When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response

Alex Vatanka
A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on 9 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Iran’s defiant regime picks a new supreme leader

09 March 2026

The appointment suggests the Revolutionary Guards have the upper hand

The Economist
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the D-8 summit in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 December 2024. AFP
Politics

Egypt fears an unrestrained Israel if Iran collapses

06 March 2026

Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.

Amr Emam
A boy plays with his sheep next to an unexploded missile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on 5 March 2026. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria may escape war but not its economic fallout

08 March 2026

Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.

Haid Haid
The displaced Palestinian Abu Mustafa family sits together as they break the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast during Iftar in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 26 February 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Ramadan in Gaza: food scarcity compounds suffering

03 March 2026

The iftar table, if it still exists, no longer represents joy, but anxiety and scarcity

Hala Al-Naji

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