Beirut Cutting Through The Noise

A city constantly folding in on itself is giving way to another new generation of independent musicians

The Living Archive and The Enduring Ephemeral

Radical ways of negotiating collective memory

The Core of it All

Internet aesthetics as tools of resistance, from driftcore to corecore and other algorithmic undergrounds

Arab Accidents: The Birth and Evolution of the Egyptian Surrealist Movement

“What I want to show in my images is the beauty of failure” (Salvador Dalí)

Salman Al Najem: Artistic Alchemy

Meet the Bahraini artist whose transformative works tap into the depths of the unconscious mind

ICON Recommends: 5 Books You Should Be Reading Right Now

From identity and resistance to fashion and family, these intriguing books navigate the complexities of our ever-changing world

Sense of Ntitlement

Ntitled reflects on his journey from underground beats to shaping the future of Saudi hip-hop with a global vision