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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.

Middle East cinema: These are the region's top films of 2019 Coronavirus and movies: How it's hurting the Middle East film business

In pictures: Palestinian heritage celebrated in online exhibition

Ramadan TV: Seven things we learned from the 2020 shows

'A balm for the soul': How we made the Cambridge mosque garden

Netflix launches Arab theatre season in time for Eid al-Fitr

Saints, scholars and queens: The women who helped forge Islam

How to make kahk: Egyptian Eid cookies with three different fillings

Coronavirus and children: The book that shows you how to beat 'Billy the Virus'

How a Syrian comedian brought my Arab American family together

Arts

Plague and poetry: How Middle East authors have written about disease

Palestinians can't shoot straight and other stuff we learned from Netflix show Fauda

The best Middle Eastern galleries to view on coronavirus lockdown

Art and photography

In pictures: Yemen's hidden art scene finds a new home

Books and bombs: How I healed myself through fiction

Jared Kushner, here are 25 more books you should read about Palestine, Israel relations

'Keeping on keeping on': How Middle East artists have responded to lockdown

Ten bizarre Egyptian sayings to try and wrap your head around

Middle East cinema: These are the region's top films of 2019

Ramadan TV: The shows that beat the coronavirus lockdown

The Frightened Ones: 'I sometimes miss fear because it became a way of living'

Smelly snails and deep purple: This ancient dye costs $2,700 per gram

'Big bad Muslim': The play that allowed Trojan Horse teachers to start healing

‘I sort of broke English’: Meet the Lebanese poet crossing boundaries

The best Middle East books of the year - picked by Middle East Eye writers

From a Bethlehem camp to Cannes: A Palestinian filmmaker's journey

‘We are arrested’: How an explosive story led Can Dundar to jail, exile - and a play

Art and photography

Beyond realism: Iran's photographers recreate images of nation

Palestine in 2048: Staring into a black mirror

Shakespeare, museums and Baghdad: 'I’ll write what I wanna write'

The Olive Trees' Jazz: Algiers poet speaks in music of the senses

Arab films: Seven independent movies to watch out for

The Boy at the Back of the Class: Hit children's writer on her story of kindness

Cannes film festival 2019: The good, the bad and the ugly

Aladdin to Thief of Baghdad: How film posters created an Orientalist fantasy

Arab films at Cannes 2019: Strong showing for Middle East, North Africa cinema

Movies and Marrakech: What now for North Africa's glitziest film festival?

Netflix and the Middle East: How Jinn became a nightmare

Food

32 Middle Eastern recipes you can make at home

Five food bloggers share their favourite Eid recipes

How to make kahk: Egyptian Eid cookies with three different fillings

How to go vegan and stay vegan in the Middle East

'Eid has no joy without it': How to make Egyptian fattah

How to make fried kibbeh from Iraq

How to make chicken musakhan rolls

Sharks, pumpkins and icing sugar: Who has the best couscous in North Africa?

How to make spicy slow-cooked lamb shuwa

How to make stuffed aubergines in tomato and yoghurt sauce

How to make this Lebanese lamb salad with an Australian twist

How to make this filling chicken fatteh from Syria

How to make savoury kibbeh meqliyeh, Aleppo style

How to make qatayef, an imperial treat from the ancients

Ramadan: 10 tips for healthy eating during holy month

How to make quick and easy timman bil jizar

How to make Lebanese fatayer with spinach and labneh fillings

Why Egyptians are crazy about falafel

She arrived in Greece homeless. Now this Iranian woman feeds hundreds

Claims in Israeli media about shawarma stoke online anger

Women

How a movie star (and my mother) made me a feminist

How to plan an Arab-American wedding that will please everyone (except you)

Yes, Saudi women dress like... this

Corona comedy: Arab women comics laugh in the face of adversity

Women reporters in war zones: The stories that need to be told

Politics and poetry: The female Muslim wordsmith making waves

Egypt's easy riders: How scooter sisters are taking back the road

Halal holidays: Sun, sea and seclusion appeal to women

Breaking taboos: Can Lebanon be honest about sexual health?

She arrived in Greece homeless. Now this Iranian woman feeds hundreds

Women's football in Libya: The struggle to play on the field of dreams

Gaza's energy pioneer keeps Palestinian lights on with affordable solar

Iran street fashion: Seven influencers bending the rules, making waves

How yoga is helping women in Gaza escape stress of siege

In pictures: Iran and the masks of the Minab market

In pictures: Egypt’s female photographers stage a revolution

Society

What is Umrah? The Islamic pilgrimage explained

Arabic and AI: Why voice-activated tech struggles in the Middle East

In pictures: Meet the man trying to rescue Yemen's musical heritage

In pictures: The forgotten youth of Libya's oil-rich city

Mostafa's story: How an Egyptian woman finally got her baby boy

This olive tree in Bethlehem has stood for 5,000 years - and this man is defending it

Case closed: Mystery behind Egyptian mummy's death unveiled

In pictures: Historic synagogue reopens in Egypt after $4m restoration

Jews, money and antisemitism: How the hate myth was born

Lost words: Turkey's disappearing languages

Biodiversity and hope flourish at Palestine's first natural history museum

Desert green: Jordanians on frontline of climate change turn to permaculture

Art and photography

The 'boredom of war': What it did to this family

He survived war and escaped to Greece. Now this Paralympian has eyes on gold

Is Mohamed Salah changing the way Muslims are seen in Liverpool and beyond?

Mathematics village: Changing education, one equation at a time

Travel

Inside the medieval castle that survived a 21st century war

What's it like being a tourist in Iraq?

The hidden lives of Arabs in Cuba

Kissing in Babylon: The ancient site giving young Iraqis their freedom

Mystery of the stones: How Lebanon’s Baalbek ruins are a site for the gods

Halal holidays: Sun, sea and seclusion appeal to women

Echoes of al-Andalus: The Portuguese town celebrating its forgotten Islamic past

The hidden Islamic history of Madrid revealed

All Discover

How Iranian cinema triumphed at the Berlin Film Festival

How a movie star (and my mother) made me a feminist

What is Umrah? The Islamic pilgrimage explained

'Forbidden fruit': Kuwait's taboo-breaking artist on sex, sin and censorship

'Big bad Muslim': The play that allowed Trojan Horse teachers to start healing

Puppets and puppet masters: Investigating the assassination of Malcolm X

Parasite and the Oscars: Can a Middle East Film win cinema's top award?

Medieval to modernist: Palestinian artist inspired by Jerusalem's melting pot

The Olive Trees' Jazz: Algiers poet speaks in music of the senses

'Pure human genius': Devastated ancient sites return to life in VR exhibit

Oscars 2020: These are the Arab and Muslim names to look out for

Books and bombs: How I healed myself through fiction

Oscars 2020: How 'The Cave' reveals life in hell-hole hospital

Jared Kushner, here are 25 more books you should read about Palestine, Israel relations

From a Bethlehem camp to Cannes: A Palestinian filmmaker's journey

From Basra to Minnesota: The Iraqi collector preserving traces of home