Culture

Eurovision song contest proves controversial

"They speak of peace, but they've occupied our lands." The annual Eurovision song contest is set to take place in Tel Aviv on 18 May, but with widespread calls for boycott, it's proving controversial.

Nancy Ajram under fire for song featuring Egypt's Sisi

Iraq's parliament votes to ban popular PUBG and Fortnite video games

Madonna urged to cancel Eurovision performance in Israel

Crazy for Eurovision? Madonna faces backlash over performance in Israel

Taylor Swift megafan hailed as a 'legend' after being arrested in Israel for refusing to join the army

The Algerian artists capturing the spirit of protest

Meet the Iraqi driver with a no phones policy in his taxi

Campaigners urge authors at UAE book festival to raise human rights issues

Modern spin of 'The Pit and the Pendulum' puts Iranian woman at centre stage

The Khashoggi affair shows Turkey's mastery of 'soft power'

Tanya Goudsouzian

Iraqi and British activists protest BP’s sponsorship of Assyrian exhibition

'The Factory': Play explores murky nexus of western business and Syrian war

Meeting the 'other': A British Jewish actor's search for voices of Palestine-Israel

The British Museum's new gallery: A history of Islam in over a thousand objects

Behjat Sadr: Iran's 'pioneer of visual arts' gets first exhibition in London

'We are people of the sea': Syria's last wooden-boat builders

'You have to go deeper': Islamic art comes alive at Jameel prize in London

Food, art and literature: How Israel is stealing Arab culture

Nada Elia

'They have a right to understand': Syrian children’s author on stories of war

Cruising through Jordan with 'Nancy', the vintage Mercedes covered in books