2013-11-22 06:46:00
Iraq’s new Theater Festival signals an end to Baghdad’s cultural isolation, despite security and censorship hurdles that remain from the past few decades.
...
Read more
2013-08-22 11:52:00

In his memoir, Edward Said, "rediscovers the lost Arab world of his early years in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt." ...
Read more
2013-06-18 07:23:00

London's Shubbak festival, which celebrates Arab creativity, gets under way this weekend. Jessica Holland has the highlights ...
Read more
2013-05-30 04:34:00

Egypt’s thin-skinned leaders have long been the butt of (often raunchy) jokes circulated freely among citizens, but poking fun at the president and other sacred cows on television is a relatively new phenomena ...
Read more
2013-05-28 04:23:00

“Arab Idol” is an over-the-top TV ratings smash in the Middle East, and a young crooner from a Palestinian refugee family, whom admirers have nicknamed “the Rocket,” is stealing the show. ...
Read more