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January 23, 2014

Saudi’s first female film director explores gender roles in debut at Venice Film Festival

Waad Mohammed could be a twelve-year-old girl anywhere in the world. With long, curly brown hair and a cheeky smile, the flashes of the cameras reflect off her silver...

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January 23, 2014

Does the new Islamic wing at the Louvre make or break stereotypes?

At around five million, France has the largest population of Muslims of any country in Europe. Things haven’t always gone smoothly between its Muslim citizens and the government; incidents...

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January 22, 2014

Playing for Peace: The Rise of Classical Music in Occupied Palestine

Playing instruments in the bathroom isn’t quite what you expect when you think of classical musicians, but this is exactly what Palestinian flute player Dalia Moukarker does to snatch...

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January 22, 2014

David Lean’s Classic ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ Restored for 50th Anniversary

Sweeping shots of the desert make the 800-mile railway line cutting through its sand look miniature. As a train braves the track and appears in the corner of the...

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January 22, 2014

Britain in Palestine exhibition at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London

Tucked into a corner of the Brunei Gallery in London are three share certificates in a display cabinet. One stands out as it is decorated with a beautiful blue...

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January 22, 2014

5 Broken Cameras at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London

The person in front of me flinches. Someone in the audience cannot even look at the screen, two people are crying. In an act of pure brutality, the camera...

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January 22, 2014

‘Unto the Breach’: Palestinian dance adaptation of Shakespeare’s play

The UK-based Palestinian dabke theatre group Al Zaytouna will present its new production entitled Unto the Breach, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V set in modern-day Palestine. The show,...

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January 22, 2014

Why Remembering the Nakba is important: A new Documentary Confronts Denial

Amnon Neumann is wearing a blue shirt and large glasses. Despite the topic he presents his testimony slowly and gently to the spectators in front of him; he’s talking...

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January 22, 2014

Syrian art flourishes in Lebanon as galleries in Damascus close

In one of his drawings, Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat has drawn a picture of Bashar Al Assad announcing reforms, but instead of speaking, Assad is blowing bubbles through...

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January 22, 2014

China Reaches out to Egypt, Culturally and Economically

As much of the world focuses on China’s change of political leadership this week, across the globe the emerging superpower quietly expand into other areas. On Wednesday, deep within...

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