A look at the sonic career of Yasmine Hamdan, from her iconoclastic Soap Kills days to her present status as the femme fatale of alternative Arabic music

‘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

‘Some people follow the masses. Others follow the sun’ – Annemarie Jacir’s bittersweet film about the Palestinian struggle, and one boy’s quest for freedom

‘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’

A powerful documentary and critique of the relationship between Hollywood and the Arab world, which follows two boys on a road trip throughout Morocco

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

A review of Sashar Zarif and Alim Qasimov’s bold new take on the art of Mugham, with a look at the history and culture of Azerbaijan

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