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Benghazi

A visitor talks to Libyan artist Elham el-Ferjani in front of one of her works at the Hamim Gallery in the eastern city of Benghazi on June 14, 2021. (AFP)

Benghazi rare cultural week welcomed as ‘source of joy’

Turkey

Turkish musician Ozge Metin (L) sings to a dancing crowd in an Istanbul public square on June 9, 2021. (AFP)

Turkish musicians see Erdogan’s ‘culture war’, not pandemic, behind ban

film

Australian actress Rose Byrne, who is to play Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, attends the 57th New York Film Festival in New York, September 27, 2019. (REUTERS)

Film about terror attack on New Zealand mosque sparks controversy

tunisia

Tunisian director Abdallah Chamekh. (Facebook)

Tunisian director scoops best documentary prize at US film festival

Morocco

A scene of the film “Casablanca Beats” (Haut et Fort) by Moroccan Nabil Ayouch. (Facebook)

Moroccan slum kids film up for top prize at Cannes

culture

Adnan Jubran will perform “Borders Behind”, Jazz Cafe on 30 June 2021. (Shubbak festival website)

Shubbak Festival to bring ‘top acts’ from Arab world to London

tunisia

Poster of the event. (institutfrancais-tunisie.com)

First Tunisian online audiobook festival comes with audience poll

Syria

Members of the Kharrat family pose for a picture in costume at their home in the Shahgur district of the old city of Syria’s capital Damascus. (AFP)

Damascus family preserves Sufi whirling tradition

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culture

A view of the Al-Aqiser archeological site in Ain Tamr near Karbala in Iraq. (AFP)

Iraq’s neglected historic heritage crumbling to dust