theatre

A Grain of Sand
Play review
Art
Culture
Live Story

Grain of Sand gives Gaza children their voices back on UK stage

Theatre Review: 'A Grain of Sand' weaves Palestinian folklore with real testimonies from Gaza's children in this poignant play by Elias Matar and Sarah Agha

Sarah Khalil
20 January, 2026
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Play review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Bengal Tiger at Baghdad Zoo: Inside Iraq War's chaos and trauma

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

11 December, 2025
Horse of Jenin
Play review
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

The Horse of Jenin: Lost sculpture inspires story of resilience

The New Arab Staff

Shahla Omar

03 December, 2025
Ben-Gvir [Getty]
Israel
MENA
Live Story

Israeli forces raid Palestinian kids' play on Ben-Gvir's orders

The New Arab Staff
26 November, 2025
Lebanon new theatre plays
Lebanon
Art
Culture
Live Story

War, conflict and exile take centre stage in Lebanon theatre

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

26 May, 2025
For a palestinian
theatre
Culture
Live Story

For a Palestinian: Translating pain and poetry in exile

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Hajar Meddah

07 October, 2022
Egypt
MENA
Live Story

Egyptian renowned actor Hesham Selim dies from cancer

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

Derelict cinema restored as community space in Tripoli

The New Arab Staff

Maghie Ghali

20 September, 2022
Freedom
Palestine
Perspectives

Cultural resistance in Palestine through the eyes of women

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

17 August, 2022
Opinion - Sabreen music studio
Israeli occupation
Voices

A music studio and the destruction of Palestinian Jerusalem

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Yara Hawari

15 August, 2022
Palestinians go dogging
Palestine
Culture
Live Story

Palestinians Go Dogging: Intifada exhibitionism, 20 years on

The New Arab Staff

Nazli Tarzi

04 July, 2022
TFT
Palestine
Perspectives

Art at a time of siege

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

18 April, 2022
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The New Arab Voice Podcast
In-depth
Live Story

Genocidal Friends

Hugo Goodridge
08 April, 2022
theatre
Offbeat
Live Story

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.
Arab culture
Culture
Live Story

Virtual museum retraces the lost art of Arab puppetry

The New Arab Staff

Nazli Tarzi

20 January, 2022
Rumi: The Musical
theatre
Culture
Live Story

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]
theatre
Culture
Live Story

In review: Once Upon A Time in Nazi-Occupied Tunisia

The New Arab Staff

Hanna Flint

15 September, 2021
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theatre
MENA
Live Story

Istanbul authorities ban Kurdish-language play

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 October, 2020
Lebanon theatre
youth
Society
Live Story

Giving marginalised youth a voice in Lebanon through theatre

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Nicholas Frakes

30 May, 2019
Zaid Itani
torture
Analysis
Live Story

Therapy through theatre: Meeting Ziad Itani

Kareem Chehayeb
11 January, 2019
theatre
theatre
Narrated

A hidden theatre reenacts 2018's suffering

The New Arab Staff

Imogen Lambert

05 December, 2018