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A portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from Iraq and sold for $1.6 million to Hobby Lobby for display in the Museum of the Bible. AFP

US to return to Iraq thousands of artifacts looted after invasion

culture

Ancient artifact smuggled into the US is shown at an event in Washington. AFP

Ancient ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet to be returned to Iraq from US

Morocco

A file picture shows a Moroccan archeologist cleaning up a 5000-year old human skeleton in a grotto near Khemisset (80km east of Rabat). (AFP)

Archeologists hail ‘chronological rebound’ after Morocco stone age find

Lebanon

Lebanese artist Sara Abou Mrad sands a sculpture, made of shattered glass collected in the aftermath of the August 4 explosion at Beirut port, at her studio in the Lebanese capital. AFP

British Museum to restore Lebanese artifacts damaged in blast

festival

Actors perform on stage at the National Theatre in Baghdad. (Reuters)

The curtain rises on first Iraqi theatre festival

film

A file picture of Moroccan film director Nabil Ayouch in Casablanca. (AFP)

Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch scoops two top prizes at Cannes Film Festival

ISIS

A file picture shows Yemeni men playing traditional music at a Sana’a festival. (AFP)

Houthis borrow a page of ISIS fanaticism as they ban song and music in Sana’a

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