In the aftermath of the Stephen Lawrence case verdict, London-based poet Dean Atta saw something that made him very angry. It was not so much an image than an idea that sparked him to pen …

Check out Guernica Magazine’s special feature on LagosPhoto - described as “a new annual photography festival aimed at ‘representing African sensibilities’” and showcasing the Africa of “industry and intellect.”
As LagosPhoto founder Azu Nwagbogu tells in …

Counterpoint Exhibitions: Call For Artists
The exhibition explores contemporary themes of displacement, exile, migration and related concepts via performance and visual arts. PLATFORMA is seeking artists with works which investigate these concepts. The exhibit is part …

First it was Heavy Metal in Baghdad, now it’s Kabul Hard Rock. What do societies under military occupation, Rumi and computer-literate music producers have in common? Well, it’s a penchant for Western influenced and locally …

Danah Abdulla: Creative Director and Editor of Kalimat Magazine

We recently caught up with our friends at Kalimat Magazine while they were in London for a whirlwind tour of the city’s Arab arts and culture scene …

Watch Suheir Hammad’s highly stylised tribute/performance poem “Into Egypt”, directed/produced by Waleed Zaitar who directed and did the graphics for Slingshot hip hop.

Photography and truth. This would be another way to place the Figures & Fictions exhibition on contemporary South African photography at the V&A museum. Figures & Fictions extends the role that photography has played as …

Last night, I attended Land in Focus’s special country series showcasing a full cultural spectrum of arts with a regional dimension. Land in Focus highlights the films and cultures of countries from Latin America, …

The Arab Spring continues to blossom, in sporadic and unexpected ways: Spring interrupted by the chill of westerly wind, and spring fruitful of blooms in the gardens of the East, catapulted by human movement and …

This is Worldtown speaks to the director/producer of a short documentary on the art of ‘Wall Chalking’ in Lahore, Pakistan. As a means of expression, the chosen sites and the messages conveyed through wall chalking …