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This Film Festival is Taking SWANA Cinema from Beirut to Rome for Its Second Edition
Half film festival, half fundraiser, Here & Elsewhere returns for its second year in Beirut and Rome with a programme built around memory
A Language Of Image: From Manuscripts To Meta-Algorithms
From Islamic manuscripts to Blender renders, the image of the Arabic language has always been built from overlapping histories and references. The designers pushing it forward today are proving that visual history is most useful when it becomes a tool for invention rather than nostalgia, and that the archive is not a repository of finished answers
The Only Producer Who’s Ever Gotten Fairuz’s Blessing
Kanye did it. Drake did it. Madonna got sued $2.5 million for it. Only one producer has ever sampled Fairuz completely legally, and he's telling the whole story
Anatomy of a Manouche: When Akkawi Cheese is Hard to Come By
As people move, recipes travel with them – stretching, adapting and carrying the weight of memory, longing and belonging
Amine Houari and The Making of a City
Photographer Amine Houari has spent three years documenting the brutal urban transformation of Tangier, a city deconstructed and reinvented almost to the point of disappearance
Tawsen is Just a Chill Guy
After seven years, two labels, and one imposed silence, Moroccan artist Tawsen releases his debut comeback album Chokran, not with a grudge, but with gratitude
Bad Boys and Big Feelings: Abdulaziz Al-Hosni Toys with the Anatomy of the Heart
From heart-embroidered kummahs to 50 dancers arranged in formation against a crimson background, Abdulaziz Al-Hosni’s work is a love letter to softness