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UAE

Creative forms. Mixed-media Installations by Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim. (Sharjah Art Foundation)

Pioneering Emirati artist Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim stands out with unique vision

Art

A collage created during Samah Hijawi’s presentation in London’s Mosaic Rooms. (Karen Dabrowska)

London show offers playful look at Palestinian art and politics

Karen Dabrowska

Jordan

Yara al-Nimer, Jordan’s first maestra. (Roufan Nahhas)

Jordan’s first maestra assertive despite challenges

Lebanon

A 2017 picture shows people attending a free concert at La Fete de la Musique in downtown Beirut. (French Cultural Institute)

Fete de la Musique brings joy to economically stressed Lebanon

Syria

A tribute to love, youth and Syria. Rana Haddad’s “The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor.”

Moustaches and magical realism in Ba’athist Syria

Saudi Arabia

New opportunities. A Saudi woman aims a camera as she studies film-making at a university in Jeddah. (Reuters)

Saudi reforms continue with new Culture Ministry

Egypt

Hussein Mahmoud Hamouda, professor of Italian literature and language at the College of Arts of Helwan University. (Al Arab)

Egyptian linguist Hussein Mahmoud: ‘Translation is the best medium for dialogue between civilisations’

Libya

Libyan poet Farrah Fray. (Samar Kadi)

Writing a catharsis process for Libyan poet

Karen Dabrowska

Art

Thought-provoking art. “Al Tamazouq” (“Torn”) by Egyptian modernist painter Hamed Abdalla. (The Mosaic Rooms)

Calligraphy in spotlight at London’s Mosaic Rooms

Karen Dabrowska