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Lebanon

Curator Hala Younes (3rd-L) at the inauguration of the Lebanese pavilion. (La Biennale di Venezia)

Lebanon’s architectural landscape reinvented at Venice biennale

Egypt

Jordanian actress Saba Moubarak poses on the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 40th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, November 29. (AFP)

In its 40th edition, Cairo International Film Festival reinvents itself

Morocco

Actor Robert De Niro (R) poses after receiving a tribute award from US director Martin Scorsese during the 17th Marrakech International Film Festival, December 1. (AP)

Marrakech festival showcases Moroccan cinema

tunisia

A view of the desert in Tunisia’s southern city of Douz. (Ministry of Tourism)

Douz: Tunisia’s prime winter destination and gate to the Sahara

Egypt

Jordanian actress Saba Moubarak poses on the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 40th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, on November 29. (AFP)

In its 40th edition, Cairo International Film Festival reinvents itself

Lebanon

A 2017 file picture shows businessman Carlos Ghosn listening during a news conference at La Defense business district outside Paris. (AP)

Carlos Ghosn versus the Lebanese people

Islam

Cover of Akbar Ahmed’s “Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Identity.”

Looking at Muslims through a ‘Journey into Europe’

Dunia El-Zobaidi

Syria

Syrian school children in New York, early 1900s. (Washington Street Historical Society)

Advocates seek preservation of Arab New York

culture

Syrian-born poet, philosopher and critic Adonis during the third Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize Lecture, on November 9. (Susannah Tarbush)

The merits and challenges of translation according to Adonis

Susannah Tarbush