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ZAINAB makes dance music filled with freedom and joy
Under a new name, the artist formerly known as ZEEMUFFIN’s liberatory sounds are best experienced blasted through club speakers
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Family fear politics will prevent justice in Bologna police death
Relatives of Abderrahim Fakir, who died after being restrained, warn that political backing for officers risks undermining the inquiry
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Anissa Helou: ‘The point of my work is to document our recipes and traditions for future generations’
The renowned author and food historian’s latest book captures the diversity and deep roots of Lebanese cuisine against a backdrop of war and displacement
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Film-makers Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki on their debut animated feature, Bouchra
Based on Bennani’s own experience, Bouchra follows a queer artist navigating the quiet compromises and tensions that define her relationship with her mother
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Artist Fozia Ismail’s ‘love letter’ to her Somali nomadic heritage
A Song for the Xeedho — The Knot Makers is an art installation, on at London’s Whitechapel Gallery, exploring a nomadic wedding tradition at risk of disappearing
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‘Mauritanian music deserves to be known’: Noura Mint Seymali on her desert funk sound
Ahead of her return to the UK during a European tour, the Mauritanian singer talks about blending traditional music with modern sounds
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What did Arab scholars think of Homer and The Odyssey?
The epic Greek poem, now brought to the big screen by director Christopher Nolan, has a shared cultural ancestry with Arab literature
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My Father and Qaddafi: the story Hollywood never let Libyans tell
Jihan K’s documentary on her family’s search for her father — Libya’s former foreign minister, disappeared in 1993 — lets a Libyan tell you who she and her people actually are
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Mohammed Z Rahman: ‘I want to do away with this mythology around being an artist’
The multidisciplinary artist’s exhibition at Tate Britain is part of a series showcasing the work of emerging creatives
