Culture

  Most of Iraq’s celebrated authors live and write outside their country: Fadhil al-Azzawi is in Berlin; Sinan Antoon is…

At the end of October, Haris Epaminonda’s video “Tarahi II” screened during the Arab Shorts Festival at the Goethe Institute…

Few artworks in the contemporary Egyptian art scene leave viewers, regardless of their backgrounds and tastes, in awe. The diverse…

Whenever the name of Abdel Salam al-Naboulsy is mentioned anywhere around the Arab world, people — whether young or old…

Many people are not aware of Egypt’s internationally recognized Free Jazz Ensemble, which was active during most of the second…

Every Ramadan, the ad scene seems to get more and more intense. Like the US during the Super Bowl, ad…

“What do you mean by thug, exactly?” was the first question on Gamal Saber’s mind when I asked him what…

On the last night of Ramadan, my brother and I would anxiously wait for Eid, when we would get to…

  A family’s strongman in an Upper Egyptian village sits confidently home as he receives congratulations for his marriage to…

With the beats of the karakeb (large metal castanets) and the clap of their hands, Moroccan artists Mahdi Nassouli and…