Culture

Threa al Montaser (Twitter)
Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser wins Walt Whitman Award
A Tunisian woman wearing a protective face mask walks through an alley in the souk of the Medina, on the first day of a general confinement imposed by the authorities in order to stem the spread of the novel cononavirus. (AFP)
My days of COVID-19 quarantine in Tunis
Roua Khlifi
A scene from the Grand Night ballet show aired on the Egyptian Ministry of Culture Youtube channel. (Ahmed Megahid)
Egypt cultural production goes online to circumvent virus constraints
Ahmed Megahid
A protester outside a tent in Tahrir Square in Baghdad. (Oumayma Omar)
COVID-19 empties Iraq’s protest squares as government imposes lockdown, travel bans
Oumayma Omar
A scene from the Tunisian series "27". (Al Arab)
First real-life drama about military heroes to be shown by Tunisian TV
Ahmed Fayez al-Qudwa
A young woman reads a newspaper near Tahrir Square in Baghdad during protests. (Amir Hazim)
Iraqi photographer’s lens captures Iraq’s protests, women’s role in exhibit on uprisings
Azhar Al-Rubaie
Cover of Hussein al-Muafa’s “Life as Wide as a Pack of Cigarettes.” (Courtesy of Hussein al-Muafa)
Saudi poetry of ‘daily life’ has no interest in regional issues
Zaki al-Soudeir
Works on display at the fifth Arabic Calligraphy Forum in Cairo. (Hassan Abdel Zaher)
Calligraphy forum explores future of quintessential Arabic art genre
Hassan Abdel Zaher
Kuwaiti actress, journalist and former MBC talk show co-host Nadia Ahmad. (Courtesy of Nadia Ahmad)
Kuwaiti producer talks about new generation of Arab film-makers
Khadija Hamouchi