Culture

From Spain to Mecca on horseback: The men performing Hajj like medieval pilgrims

Three Spanish Muslims set off from Andalusia for Mecca on horseback seven months ago, traversing Europe and the Alps in a historic journey

Ramadan 2025: When does it start and everything else you need to know

Gaza Under Attack

Who was Edward Said and why are his writings on Orientalism important today?

Notre-Dame: Will Trump appreciate its Islamic history?

Diana Darke

Notre-Dame: How Europe’s great cathedrals owe much to Muslim craftsmen

Diana Darke

Khalid Abdalla's Nowhere: On Egypt's revolution and the ties that bind

Hossam Sarhan

MUBI cancels Istanbul fest after Daniel Craig film Queer censored

Voices of Resilience: Palestinian artists recount life, birth and a year of sorrow in Gaza

Victoria Brittain

Amateur director from Turkey wins top prize at Venice Film Festival

Dar al-Fata al-Arabi: A look at the first Arab publishing house dedicated to children

Israel's war on Gaza

My cousin's poems were the heartbeat of Palestine. Israel killed him but his words live on

Ahmed Najar

Israel's war on Gaza

Israel's seizure of Sebastia symbolises its theft of Palestine's cultural sites

Diana Darke

Masameer: How a zany YouTube cartoon captured the pulse of a changing Saudi Arabia

Israel's war on Gaza

UK: O2 Arena denies man entry to Peter Kay show for wearing Free Gaza t-shirt

Looking for Gaza in California: How Palestine took over family, Hollywood and campuses

Uzbek embroidery: How needle and thread has defied dictators and factories

British celebrities call on Starmer to end weapons sales to Israel