Refractions Made through Mirrors: On Hussein Shikha’s Carpet Artistry

In richly woven carpets and pixelated dreamscapes, Iraqi-born artist Hussein Shikha finds a visual language to reanimate fractured histories

GROUND BREAKERS: Africa’s Earthen Architecture Through Time

The Living Archive and The Enduring Ephemeral

Radical ways of negotiating collective memory

A$AP Rocky and Tyler, The Creator make their A24 film debut in 2025

Tickets, please

Tug of War: Are Anti-War Films Really Anti-War?

From Oscar-winning blockbusters to indie projects, why does “anti-war” cinema keep centring the invader, never the invaded?

Arabic Pop is So Back

...but it just might not be for everyone

Amir Eid: The Undying Star

From “Sout El Horeya” to “Roxi”, Amir Eid, the frontman of Cairokee, remains a voice that refuses to fade, an artist whose anthems of love and freedom still echo across an entire generation

The Fantasia and Futurism of Arab Sci-Fi

How Arab cinema explores advancement, speculation, and socio-political realities through the lens of science fiction