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Ten Artworks We Loved from the Inaugural 2026 Art Basel Qatar
The projects and moments that stood out
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
The Self and the Corporate Agenda Hiding Behind the Mirror
Self-acceptance, self-help, self-actualisation, self-care, self-esteem, self-love, self-made, self-motivation, self-preservation, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficient, self-stimulation, self-worth… The self is anti-human.
Exile as a Rite of Passage
Exile is no longer rupture but genesis – the shared rite of passage through which artists rebuild meaning, memory, and belonging
In Retrospect: CINECommunity 2026 Brings Al Quoz’s Courtyard to AMT’s Showroom
For three days across 15th to 17th January, Advanced Media Trading’s biannual CINECommunity event reimagined cinema not as a product-driven industry, but as a collective practice.
After Its Dubai Debut, Fujifilm Short Film Festival Heads to Nairobi, Beirut, Cairo, and Jeddah
Fujifilm, Cinema Akil, and Gulf Photo Plus champion short-form cinema as a space for new voices, dialogue, and discovery
Cheb Moha on Extending his Dream like Childhood into Shabab
As Palm trees soil and spoil their land, Shabab soils and spoils us with community for its providence. May our practices fruition. May our trees blossom.