The founder of Tunisia's Ennahda Party has told a London audience that democracy is in the Arab world to stay. "The Arab spring is not dead," said Shaikh Rached...

The night was dedicated to remembering Palestinian poet and political activist Mahmoud Darwish’s powerful work on Palestine.

There are two notable things about Gaddafi, says Adam Curtis. The first is that he was obsessed with the idea he was a global thinker and the second is...

47Soul got Londoners on their feet with their unique sound and energy.

The three-day London Book Fair came to a close today, with Middle Eastern publishers and writers making a strong showing for the region, making their presence felt and scooping...

No matter where the Palestinian youth have been raised, they always identify with their Palestinian heritage, that was evident from the thousands who turned out to attend the first...

With war, destruction and hunger plaguing Yemen for nearly two years, an event has been held to raise awareness of the humanitarian situation in the country. Organised by a...

More than 1,000 people have been killed over the last month.

Up a winding flight of stairs in the Tiananmen Building at Goldsmiths University chimes the delicate sound of an oud being tuned. The small, lute-like instrument is native to...

Leading figures from the political, academic and literary communities joined in the celebration and unveiling of the winners of 2016 Palestine Book Awards

Following the welcome speech by Victoria Brittain, Professor Eugene Rogan opened the discussion by asking the authors to speak about themselves and the inspiration for their books.

Four experts discussed the hidden relationship between dictators and extremist groups at an event held by MEMO in London.

Turkey has never been as united as it has become after the failed military coup, that was the overwhelming message from Turkish delegates who took part in a cross-party...

The UK Parliament can have a positive impact on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; Scottish National Party MP Paul Monaghan told a cross-party reception and seminar in London on Tuesday.

In the run-up to the third anniversary of the military coup that ended the leadership of democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian Revolutionary Council has hosted two events intended...

Last week, the Foreign Relations Bureau of Iraq (FRB), an Iraqi opposition group based in London, held a symposium gathering academics and experts to discuss the effect of extremist...

Smoke fills the small studio, the lights dim and the room falls silent as the audience is transported away from London to a stage in Ramallah. Thus begins the...

"No one has put the Palestinian experience in visual terms so austerely and yet so playfully, so compellingly and at the same moment so allusively," Edward Said on Mona...

The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) and Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) collaborated in organising a launch event for Dr. Salman Abu Sitta's latest book, Mapping My Return: A Palestinian Memoir....

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign hosted a day conference in London to commemorate 68 years since the Nakba or Catastrophe. The conference focused on the consequences of the events that...

Today in London a new report entitled The Israel lobby and the European Union is being released. Researched and written by Public Interest Investigations and Spinwatch and published by EuroPal Forum,...

Middle East Monitor hosted the third annual lecture to honour the memory, scholarship and achievement of Abdelwahab Elmessiri, the late Egyptian thinker, yesterday. The event highlighted how Elmessiri went...

Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef has retained his ability to divide audiences years after being removed from TV screens by authorities in his native country. During a live performance on...

In order to help people understand and appreciate Iraq's rich culture and the true essence of the people, Philip Juma is hoping to connect Londoners with the country's rich and varied cuisine.

London's P21 Gallery is presenting a group exhibition entitled "Jerusalem//Home", bringing together the photographic works of four young photographers from Jerusalem, ceramic works by two London-based artists, and digital...

Mohamed Soltan, who went on a 490 day hunger strike in protest against being illegally detained by the Egyptian military for campaigning for freedom, last night awed an audience...

Thin sheets of muslin cloth hang, tendril-like, from small wooden rods; suspended, floating, in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows of the long gallery. The light from the windows...

Israel and Egypt had complete authority over the strip's borders, and a security perimeter within Gaza was erected by the Israeli army that blocked entry to some of the...

Speaking at a one-day conference in London, Latin American diplomats call for tougher policies, including sanctions and boycotts, against Israel for its 'polices of apartheid.' A year after Israel...

Exile and war have long been dominant themes in the work of Iraqi artist Yousif Naser; pain and death rendered in large, black strokes, a chaotic jumble of eerie...

A new report by Spinwatch, a public interest investigation group, provides an in-depth scrutiny of The Henry Jackson Society and the Degeneration of British Neo-conservatism; it examines the history,...

In ancient Mesopotamia kings would return from conquests with plants. They were trophies in the same way treasure was and there was a certain status attached to procuring them:...