Art

Pro-Palestinian solidarity is being plastered and spray painted around the world. Graffiti artists have taken to the streets to raise awareness and condemn Israel's assault on Gaza. From Ireland to Tunisia, Palestine to Egypt, artists are rising up.

The New Arab sat down with Yemeni documentary photographer and storyteller Thana Faroq to discuss intentional photography, craft, and nurturing intimate narratives of displacement and resilience.

Luke Jerram's artwork Gaia attempts to replicate the Overview Effect - the overwhelming feeling felt by astronauts when first looking down at our planet. Exhibited at Doha's Northwestern University, Qatar can now experience this sensation in person.

On at London's Royal Court Theatre, Mohamed-Zain Dada's debut play 'Blue Mist' explores the lives of three British Pakistanis navigating a system that isn't built for them. The play is a poignant take on how Islamophobia manifests itself in the UK.

Joumana Mortada is fast becoming a shining light in the Syrian art scene. Inspired by the enchanting old city of Damascus, and her soulful eye for colour, Joumana's art is both hopeful and vivid, helping to find life and light in every Syrian scene.

Sara Shamma is a renowned painter whose practice focuses on the expression of death and humanity. Her latest exhibition at London's Dulwich Picture Gallery, 'Bold Spirits', draws on the works of the Old Masters to revive women lost in time and place.

The exhibition 'Artists Making Books' at the British Museum looks at the history of Arab and South Asian artists using the book medium as a source of poetic inspiration.

Bringing together 154 premier galleries from 34 countries and territories at the Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris Art Week transformed the capital city into a global showcase of creativity, but not of awareness as any focus on Gaza went amiss.

Amid intensifying violence in Gaza and the West Bank, cultural community platform, Azkadinya’s Palestine Solidarity Fundraiser rallies support.

Morocco leads the way when it comes to contemporary African art. At the 1-54 fair in London, Moroccan artists have used their platform to raise awareness for the Atlas Mountains villages, still recovering from a devastating earthquake in September.