At Brian Eno’s concert, 150 artists and 12,500 attendees raised funds for Gaza and called for sanctions against...
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By TMR
Six years after the Hirak mass protest movement in Algeria in 2019, an atmosphere of fear and silence...
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Ilhem Rachidi
A new book examines the history of colonization and the ongoing parallels between the conflicts in Artsakh and...
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
Iran attempts to woo a weary populace with exhibitions, billboards, and even promises that past transgressions can be...
12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Raha Nik-Andish
The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot...
12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
New SWANA films respond to genocide and starvation while urging viewers to act beyond passive consumption of the...
12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Yassin El-Moudden
Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, concerts and several new recommended books for September to add to your reading list.
29 AUGUST 2025 • By TMR
The new feature from the Nasser brothers takes place in the context of Gaza's siege, but well before...
29 AUGUST 2025 • By Karim Goury
Maps are narratives of the past, present, and future, powerful chronicles of presence and absence, ownership and theft,...
29 AUGUST 2025 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Palestinian embroidery is dynamic, and artists, designers, and makers are constantly finding new ways to innovate and reinterpret...
22 AUGUST 2025 • By Joanna Barakat
How do you practice self-acceptance the next time your mother admonishes you over a cookie or your body...
22 AUGUST 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's...
15 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
