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Russian theatre duo jailed over play about ISIS brides in Syria

A leading theatre director and playwright were jailed for six years on serious charges related to a play that depicted Russian women lured to Syria.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 July, 2024
Asmaa Alanbari's Gilgamesh: Snuggling baby
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Asmaa Alanbari's 'Gilgamesh' is a fusion of past and present

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

25 January, 2024
Blue Mist: Muslim masculinity, journalism, and shisha
Art
Culture
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Blue Mist: Muslim masculinity, journalism, and shisha pipes

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

16 November, 2023
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MENA
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Renowned Moroccan artist dies after setting himself on fire

Basma El Atti
03 April, 2023
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Culture
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The Beekeeper of Aleppo: Syrian strife in theatre form

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

17 February, 2023
Souadade
Culture
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The ever-shifting face of Syrian director Soudade Kaadan

Aman Al Bezreh

Aman Al Bezreh

15 December, 2022
Baghdaddy: London’s first play spotlighting the ongoing trauma of Iraqis
Culture
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Baghdaddy: A fragmented spotlight on Iraqi family trauma

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

15 December, 2022
Hakawatis
Culture
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Hakawatis: Reclaiming the Arabian Nights

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Sarah Shaffi

15 December, 2022
Caryl Churchill
Perspectives

Caryl Churchill: Prize rescinded amidst attacks on Palestine

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

24 November, 2022
For a palestinian
Culture
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For a Palestinian: Translating pain and poetry in exile

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Hajar Meddah

07 October, 2022
MENA
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Egyptian renowned actor Hesham Selim dies from cancer

Thaer Mansour
22 September, 2022
Derelict cinema restored as community culture space in Tripoli
Culture
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Derelict cinema restored as community space in Tripoli

The New Arab Staff

Maghie Ghali

20 September, 2022
Freedom
Perspectives

Cultural resistance in Palestine through the eyes of women

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

17 August, 2022
Opinion - Sabreen music studio
Voices

A music studio and the destruction of Palestinian Jerusalem

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Yara Hawari

15 August, 2022
Palestinians go dogging
Culture
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Palestinians Go Dogging: Intifada exhibitionism, 20 years on

The New Arab Staff

Nazli Tarzi

04 July, 2022
TFT
Perspectives

Art at a time of siege

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

18 April, 2022
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In-depth
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Genocidal Friends

Hugo Goodridge
08 April, 2022
Offbeat
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Egypt actor's fury at Saudi 'entertainer' label goes viral

Thaer Mansour
04 February, 2022
Iraqi puppeteers, Rashid Shaker Yassin and Tariq Al-Rubaie, and the director of Iraqi television programme "Stories and Tales" [1970 - 72] live on set.
Culture
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Virtual museum retraces the lost art of Arab puppetry

The New Arab Staff

Nazli Tarzi

20 January, 2022
Rumi: The Musical
Culture
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Despite strong casting, 'Rumi: The Musical' fails to impress

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

25 November, 2021
Still from "Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied Tunisia" [2021]
Culture
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In review: Once Upon A Time in Nazi-Occupied Tunisia

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

15 September, 2021