Natasha Morris looks at some recent works by Iraqi artist Hayv Kahraman and their connection to a 12th century classic of Arabic literature and the muraqqa’ tradition
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Many Rivers to Cross
Siobhan Forshaw talks to Sadik Kwaish Alfraji about his recent exhibitions in Dubai and London revolving around a little boy in Baghdad
Gimme Some Truth
When he’s not busy living it up in Monaco and the French Riviera, artist Sassan Behnam Bakhtiar fights to change notions about and celebrate the beauty of his beloved Iran
Iraqi Odyssey
‘Straddling a telling of his family’s history and that of Iraq from Ottoman times to the present, Samir’s aptly named film is nothing short of epic‘
Oud Dude
Iraqi-British musician Khyam Allami talks to Joobin Bekhrad about the oud, classical Arabic music, rock and roll, and his new artist-friendly record label, Nawa Recordings
The Narrow Frame of Midnight
With references to Walter Benjamin and Paul Klee, among others, Iraqi-Moroccan director Tala Hadid tells tales of hope and hopelessness in her feature-fiction debut film
Open Sesame
Mona Kareem’s reflections on Ola El-Khalidi’s ‘Open Sesame’ exhibition, which told the story of Kuwait’s Palestinian exiles through objects
Witness from Baghdad
‘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
Berlin Telegram
Leila Albayaty’s film of love, loss, and music in Berlin, which recently screened at this year’s Dubai International Film Festival
Iraq is the Bomb
‘It is our time as Arabs. Arab will be the new cool’ - Megan Bénéat-Donald in conversation with Iraqi-Canadian musician The Narcicyst