The situation in Idlib could be the greatest failure of the international community in human history, according to a member of the Turkish Presidency Security and Foreign Policy Council,...

’Even today it’s really small. In Algeria there is no real cultural strategy, and outside Algiers it is really difficult to do something in the arts. But over the past few years the situation has started to change, thanks to a few private initiatives’

The first time Sara Mohani was arrested security forces lined her up against a wall and described her body in intimate detail. “If we find any photo of the...

Distinguished Libyan journalist and political analyst, Ashur Shamis, has spoken out on the Libyan Civil War and ceasefire in the country

Fuelled by a supportive ecosystem and a tech-savvy population, the fintech industry in the Middle East has been growing rapidly in the last few years, disrupting the financial landscape...

'Kids in Palestine are fearless' and SkatePal is helping them find a way to harness this strength

Yasser Khalaf, the official spokesman for the Palestinian Freedom Movement, said that the Palestinian people had established new equations of steadfastness, resolution, adherence to their land, rights, constants and...

SOL Band has also had to fight back after coming under attack for having a female member

An interview with Professor Stephen Bronner, by Elif Selin Calik

Faceless, the silent image hanging at the entrance spoke a thousand words. Words which the artist Husam Al-Deen wanted viewers to comfortably exchange and discuss on the heavy topic...

When former Egyptian MP Ziad Al-Alimi was arrested by security forces, Ramy Shaath told his wife that of the coalition of activists that organised the 2011 protests against Hosni...

"We are trying to hold the criminals accountable"

'We will remain in Jerusalem, defending our religious sites and endowments. We reject the policies of the occupation. We will not surrender'

Although launched by the UN, the idea of the Syrian Constitutional Committee was originally put forward by Russia which, along with Turkey and Iran, is part of the Astana...

Professor Ilan Pappé cautions against overly optimistic readings of the Netanyahu affair

The Egyptian army did not have to pay tax or customs on products entering the country which made it impossible for other businesses to compete

Film director Iyad Alasttal talks to Hassina Mechaï

Egyptian whistleblower Mohamed Ali told MEMO that he built the part of the intelligence headquarters where the cyber army was housed

MEMO exclusive interview with Mohamed Ali

A high-tech virtual reality app has been developed which includes the production of short videos that try to present the human aspect and reality of Palestine

On the weekend of Khawla Khalifa’s birthday it was her ex-husband’s turn with their three kids. He picked them up after school on Friday and she was expecting them...

Screams of agony became the norm, his own as well as thousands of others. And so did the deafening silence. For three years, Omar AlShogre, 24, was confined in...

Do we need another biennale when the landscape of such exhibitions worldwide is already saturated? Why do we need one in Morocco? What would such an event in al-maghrib...

Britain is yet to acknowledge its historic responsibility for the calamitous situation facing the Palestinians.

A nation’s image is usually only as good as its achievements, so it is a sad time when the image that appears in many minds when hearing the name...

Turkey rarely gets a fair hearing in the Western press, I am reminded by Abdurrahim Boynukalin, chairman of AK Party UK, when I press him to answer questions about...

During the 2011 Egyptian revolution Bahia Shehab sprayed “no” in Arabic 1,000 times on the walls of downtown Cairo. No to dictators, no to military rule, no to violence....

Shortly after the profile of a well-known Sinai activist appeared in an Egyptian newspaper, the intelligence services called the journalist who interviewed him: “Why have you published a picture...

Lebanese fashion designer Roni Helou is making clothes out of sustainable, recycled materials in a bid to tackle the country's waste management crisis.

Israeli snipers are using Palestinian protesters and media taking part in and covering the Great March of Return demonstrations as “entertainment”

With sparks flying and safety glasses slipping down his nose, Rami Nablusi worked diligently. He is hand crafting a bold ring showcasing a bronze coin with the date 1943...

Omar Ahmed interviews Salah Al-Noud of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council