Culture

Istanbul's Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden and its contested history

Located on a plot once used as the Agha's residence, this rare green space in the old city has become a political flashpoint between secularists and the Turkish government

How Shakespeare's works challenge colonialism

Ahmed D Dardir

Egyptians angry at violence and alcohol in new Ramadan TV shows

Saudi Arabia’s folk war dance

In pictures: Idlib theatre production tackles trauma of Syria's prisons

France 'rejected MBS demand to label Salvator Mundi as 100 percent Da Vinci'

Yildiz Camii: Istanbul's last sultanic mosque

Tokyo drift: How a growing number of Muslims are making Japan their home

Turkey's intel is after 'Dahlan' as chief villain in a new TV thriller

Egypt's royal mummies paraded through Cairo to new home

Sham el-Nessim: A guide to the Egyptian spring festival

The Mother Goddess, Amazons and other female legends in Anatolian history

Six Days in Fallujah: Another shooter game that refuses to question US militarism?

In pictures: One Syrian’s attempt to preserve the memory of Palmyra

Leading Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti dies aged 77

The story of Kashmiri Harissa

‘World’s most expensive’ biryani?

In pictures: Egypt's epic Zalaga camel race

How do the Imazighen celebrate the Amazigh New Year?

Egyptian massage parlour uses snakes

Palestine State

A rave, a DJ and a debate: Palestinians outraged over techno party at holy site