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tunisia

Young dancers perform near the Old Medina of Tunis. (Dream City)

Tunisia’s Dream City puts art back in public life

festival

“Dress Code,” a video installation by Mahmoud Obaidi. (Dar El-Nemr)

Beirut festival rebuilds bridges with contemporary Iraqi art

culture

Author Yasmin Khan. (Courtesy of Yasmin Khan)

Cookbooks that offer more than kitchen recipes

Karen Dabrowska

UAE

Egyptian professor of documentation and expert in popular heritage Mustafa Jad. (Al Arab)

UAE publishes the largest Arab thesaurus of cultural heritage

Mohamad al-Hamamsi

Travel

Mohamed Alselini, a Libyan national who calls himself “Rahalista.” (Courtesy Mohamed Alselini)

When Arab travellers become social media sensations

Egypt

The general public attend the screening of the movie The Knight and the Princess as part of 3rd edition of ElGouna Film Festival, at Marina Theatre, in ElGouna, Egypt on September 23. (AFP)

Independent cinema blossoms in Egypt

Hassan Abdel Zaher

UAE

The contemporary dance performance WRECK-List of Extinct Species staged at Concrete in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. (Alserkal Avenue)

UAE galleries draw art lovers as rich new season opens

N.P. Krishna Kumar-49801

Jordan

Young Syrian refugees enjoy a session of UNICEF’s “My Music” initiative. (UNICEF)

Music initiative soothes the soul of traumatised child refugees

Lebanon

“Beirut” by Nabil Ismail. (Courtesy of Dar al Mussawir)

First Image Festival turns Beirut into outdoor gallery