Art

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.

Exhibited at the Almas Art Foundation, Souad Abdelrasoul's Like a Single Pomegranate draws on interdisciplinary methods to illustrate how women evolve in oppressive patriarchal environments, weaving the feminine and the emotional to offer bold hope.

The New Arab Meets: Iraqi director Maysoon Pachachi, whose films are an act of resistance in a world of war and sanctions. Her latest feature, Our River… Our Sky, explores the humanity in 2006 Iraq.

In the shade of the sun examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics by the next-gen of Palestinian artists. Weaving practices through soft expressions and radical politics, In the shade of the sun futureproofs the Palestinian symbol.

Despite being affected by one of the worst economic crises, Lebanese cinema is reinventing itself. Now more cautious, less financed, and working in smaller circles, the art form is using its survival tactics to create a revolution in people's minds.

We take a deeper look at the life and work of Qatari-American writer and artist Sophia Al-Maria.

At the Palestine Writes Festival, experts discussed their challenges of working to spread Palestinian culinary culture through storytelling and developing their own twists on their homeland's food.

The Palestine Writes Literature Festival opened at the University of Pennsylvania this weekend following major backlash by pro-Israeli groups over the planned event.

An evening of poetry and translations preluded the opening of Palestine Writes Literature Festival in Philadelphia. Dozens packed into Kelly Art House on the University of Pennsylvania campus to hear the poems of Olivia Elias and Ahmad Almallah.

Palestine Writes, a multidisciplinary cultural festival of literature and other arts, is taking place in Philadelphia this week. It is the first live programme since its virtual gathering during the pandemic.