The Big Story

How I fell in and out of love with Middle East cinema

The coronavirus lockdown gives those in the film industry pause for thought - and the opportunity to reshape the future.

‘Religious operations’: How British propagandists used Islam to wage cultural Cold War

Can South Sudan's men of war lead the country to peace?

The parents treated as terrorists for trying to save their son

Dead tyrants, foiled dreams and failed states: How Arab literature captures the spirit of the times

'We are living by the sword': The regrets of an Israel founder's son

'The last generation': How occupation is driving Christians out of Palestine

Crossing the river: Black Mauritanians haunted by mass expulsion to Senegal

Khashoggi, one year later: 'A promise not yet fulfilled'

Six memorable Middle East moments from the UN General Assembly

Ergenekon: The bizarre case that shaped modern Turkey

'I'm being punished': Guantanamo's 'most tortured detainee' still can't leave Mauritania

Jimmy Aldaoud's death confirms worst fears about Trump's deportations

Hamza Yusuf and the struggle for the soul of western Islam

How Iranian MEK went from US terror list to halls of Congress

Iran’s 1999 student protests: The hot summer that shook Tehran

George Nader: How a convicted paedophile became key to an Emirati hook-up with Trump

Abdul Hakim Belhaj: Why I rejected bin Laden’s invitation to join al-Qaeda

Somali. Black. Muslim. Woman. Refugee. American: The making of Ilhan Omar

Manchester City, Abu Dhabi and the rise of English football's new order

Mourning the missing in Israel's 'cemeteries of numbers'