MEMO interviews the director of 'Fire on the Marmara', a documentary film exploring the tragedy of the Mavi Marmara

Amelia Smith interviews Rasha Ibrahim, the sister of Rania who lived with her two children on the 23rd floor of Grenfell Tower in west London, which suffered a devastating fire two weeks ago.

Giles Trendle, acting managing director of Doha-based Al-Jazeera’s English-language news channel, spoke to Anadolu Agency about mounting pressure on Qatar — which remains embroiled in a weeks-long political dispute...

Sama, aka DJ Skywalker is Palestine's first techno DJ

Hassina Mechaï interviews Palestinian film director Reem Shilleh on her latest documentary “Perpetual Recurrences” which weaves together archive footage from militant filmmakers in the revolutionary period 1967 - 1982

Protecting schools in conflict zones is crucial to our efforts in building peace and prosperity across the Middle East and deterring people from future conflicts and extremism, Professor of...

Abou Omar is a Palestinian refugee who lived in Yarmouk camp in Syria before fleeing the country when the war broke out. Laila Ben Allal interviews him on becoming a refugee once again in Greece, and the incredible journey he made to get there.

Palestinian director Raed Andoni reconstructs the trauma of detention in his film Ghost Hunting, where former Palestinian prisoners act out their memories of imprisonment.

The “Corpse Washer” is acclaimed Iraqi novelist and poet Sinan Antoon’s second novel. The main character, Jawad, is from a Shia Muslim family. He is a sculptor in a...

In February 2016 Lina Ben Mhenni began an initiative to open libraries inside prisons across Tunisia as a way to counter extremism. When she announced the initiative on her...

How familiar are you with Middle Eastern Christian chants?

What strikes us with Hiam Abbass is her demeanour, subtle and sharp at the same time, her voice is calm but clear, her gaze is straight, her eyes do...

MEMO's Jehan Alfarra speaks to Mohammed AlQadi, the Palestinian chef who ran the London Marathon holding the Palestinian flag and carrying a 3kg pot, shortly after he crossed the finish line

Taking time out of a political visit to Turkey during the country’s intense referendum campaign, Ahmad El Hariri, the general-secretary of the Future Movement Party of Lebanon, spoke to...

“I always say that I try to bring dreams to a city in order to create joy,” says Lebanese artist and architect Nadim Karam when I ask him about...

Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish is suing the Israeli government after his three daughters and niece were killed at close-range by an Israeli tank during Operation Cast Lead in 2009.