Valley of Saints is a story of two friends searching for an out from the troubled Kashmir Valley amidst violent conflict, but finding true love within.

The film has opened to critical praise at film …

Happy International Women’s Day! A day to remember the ultimate agency women around the world reclaim through their own daily practices and efforts. Read about four women shaping the future of Middle Eastern Art, their …

I’m looking forward to Al Jazeera’s new series Africa on the Move showing “positive stories of Africans who have changed their lives and impacted those around them through entrepreneurship and education”. Beats the recycled images …

Pia Getty’s Axis of Light presents an intimate retrospective of eight well-known Middle Eastern/North African Artists.
“The histories unfolding are marked by war and exile yet as Baalbaki serenely expresses it ‘ It is difficult to …

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.