Books

Art and photography

Iranian gangsters: Tattoos, drug deals and a hidden underworld revealed

Crime Wave Tehran is a visual research project turned 100-page documentary photo book exploring some of Iran’s most notorious gangsters

Five books to read on the history of Black Muslims

French novelist Faiza Guene on writing, anger and dreams of '98

Palestinian fashion from ancient Canaan to a thobe in Congress

Palestinian writing: Maps redrawn, futures reimagined

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

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

My End is My Beginning: A wild sci-fi ride through a world gone mad

How Turkish TV, Bollywood and K-pop spell the end for the American century

Visa denied: Sudanese author is blocked by UK authorities

Death of a writer: Murder casts shadow over Baghdad's literary scene

Palestinian-American author changes narrative of her life with debut novel

Cairo: A tale of two book fairs

Calls for protest in Kuwait as banned book list reveals extent of censorship

Salt Houses: Tackling Israel-Palestine with a poet's licence

Hatim Kanaaneh

Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library

P is for Palestine: The children's ABC book pro-Israel bullies tried to ban

Nada Elia

Meet Istanbul's shop owner inspiring children to read books

Student translates literature into Kurdish to celebrate native language

'We live with death': Iraqi poets on loss, grief and hope

Syria poet Adonis wins (misses out on) Nobel Literature Prize