‘Zurob’s works explore the way in which exile renders certain modes of travel irrelevant and eliminates the possibility of certain shared spaces’

‘Your conscience is buried while mine is still alive … What shall I do today, Mr. Assaad Shaftari? I don’t want a statue, I want nothing, just a bone from my son …’

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige investigate the humble origins, glory days, and sudden end of Lebanon’s all but forgotten ‘Rocket Society’

Sarah Zakzouk’s review of Reel Words, an evening of Iraqi and British poetry in London commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the Iraq war

A conversation with renowned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli about ‘Safar’, a major upcoming exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern art in Canada

‘On that bright, sunny day in the middle of the sweltering month of Mordad, I saw the ends of your loose, red hejab fluttering gaily behind you …’

‘How is it possible to call Bahrain “home”, or at least belong there? Zakharia’s images are rich with traces of impossibilities …’

Joobin Bekhrad talks to acclaimed Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan about the works in her retrospective exhibition at Jeddah’s Athr Gallery

Mario El Khoury on the sights and sounds of the exhibitions, symposiums, and cultural events of February’s groundbreaking Jeddah Art Week