Weekly

Iran attempts to woo a weary populace with exhibitions, billboards, and even promises that past transgressions can be forgotten and forgiven.

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 be silenced.

12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter

New SWANA films respond to genocide and starvation while urging viewers to act beyond passive consumption of the big screen.

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 the present-day genocide.

29 AUGUST 2025 • By Karim Goury

Maps are narratives of the past, present, and future, powerful chronicles of presence and absence, ownership and theft, truth and lies.

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 it.

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 in general?

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 tongue?

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie

Ali Cherri’s Marseille show, on view until January 4, 2026, deconstructs the museum from the inside out.

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Naima Morelli

Shady Lewis' new novel skewers British bureaucracy while exploring the immigrant experience with black humor and surreal situations.

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Valeria Berghinz

The long history of Egyptian women's activism created the intellectual and political background for revolution.

08 AUGUST 2025 • By Jasmin Attia