‘Karam’s figures are sublime, mentally, ideologically, and physically transcending the socio-historical pressures of Lebanon’

‘In this life I was stripped of my humanity, but I have retrieved what is more sublime, more noble, through my dreams’ – Halim Al Karim

‘It is certainly about time that the Arab world reasserted its position as a centre for knowledge and excellence’ – Sarah Zakzouk on Egypt’s cultural revolution

‘… This is what the people of Lebanon do. They keep going, rebuilding and restarting, no matter what keeps coming’

Iranian-American artist Eric Parnes on his artistic journey, the 15th Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, and the influence of Western pop culture in the Middle East

‘Lebanon was, and always will be schizophrenic’ – A review of Zena El Khalil’s memoir, ‘Beirut, I Love You’, now available in North America

‘I leave Fayez Barakat’s gallery on Brook Street with a feeling I can’t quite fathom … Then again, my head is reeling with the choicest of wines’

‘The difference now is that I feel whatever I do actually matters … Cairo is very vibrant now. It’s an amazing place to be an artist’

Joobin Bekhrad on memory, martyrdom, and mourning in Iran, with reference to Sayeh Sarfaraz’s latest solo exhibition in Montréal