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Jazira style: Islands around the Middle East Condé Nast Traveller 2 weeks ago CultureWhat’s your ideal Middle Eastern island? From heritage isles to eco-reserves, sports havens and everything in-between, take your pick.
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Lights, camera: The Doha Film Institute's reinvention of Arab cinema Middle East Eye 1 week ago CultureQatar's DFI has made major contributions to Arab cinema, yet politics in the region have placed it in the middle of a cinematic cold war.
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Holocaust movies: 19 of the best beyond Schindler’s List Haaretz 2 weeks ago CultureA list of Holocaust movies sometimes forgotten, but always worth a watch.
Morocco’s music festivals take place amid calls to boycott Mawazine The Arab Weekly 2 weeks ago CultureMawazine, an 8-day event in Rabat and Sale that ended June 30, featured more than 80 local and international artists.
Portrait of the Orientalist Friedrich Schrader: One of Turkey's Germans Qantara.de 4 weeks ago CultureThe orientalist and journalist Friedrich Schrader was one of the first and most active cultural mediators between Germany and Turkey. Today,...
British Museum shines light on Assyrian 'king of the world' The Guardian 4 weeks ago CultureAshurbanipal, a ‘psychopathic bookworm’, ruled a vast empire in seventh century BC.
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