“Borders Can Stop a Body, but They Can’t Stop a Voice”: Motaz Malhees on The Voice of Hind Rajab and Missing the Oscars 

The Jenin-born actor on playing witness, the weight of a Palestinian passport, and what it means to honour a child's final call

Where Was J Balvin During Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl?

Our ICON Sounds Cover Star's Surprising Sideline Choice

Lebanese Director Fadi Syriani Asks: After “All This Death”, What Comes Next?

The 16-minute stop motion animated short film follows Vladimir, an elderly Beirut resident through his ritual of obsessively reading obituaries and attending strangers’ funerals daily

And on the ‘Sixth Day’, Neither of them Went Back

The story of Youssef Chahine, Dalida, and a film marked by tragedy

The House That Bady Built

For French-Syrian artist Bady Dalloul, a house is country unto itself. Within his practice, he invites us to cross the threshold into a universe of personal memories, imagined stories, and the small empires he has been building since his childhood summers in Damascus

The Most Charming of Men’s Bag Charms

Who's the charmest of them all?