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Fiction from the Arab World

What kinds of subjects have preoccupuied writers in the region for the last decade?

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The Art of the Political Cartoon

How are political cartoonists portraying UK politicians in the build-up to the election?

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Lipstick Under My Burkha Censorship Row

Director Alankrita Shrivastava explains why it's important for women鈥檚 voices to be heard

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How does the Experience of Emigration Affect a Writer鈥檚 Work?

Lila Azam Zanganeh on the creativity that comes from having multiple identities

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Rejecting the Urge to 'Make America Great Again'

Author Richard Ford argues everyone has a dream not just Americans

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The Cultural Legacy of the Russian Revolution

Take a tour of the Hope, Tragedy, Myths exhibition at the British Library in London

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Rosa Parks' House Finds a New Home

Why is the house of American civil rights hero Rosa Parks now in a Berlin suburb?

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Wonder Woman ban in Lebanon

Why has the new Hollywood superhero movie Wonder Woman been banned in Lebanon?

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Saudi TV Drama on Life Under So-Called Islamic State

The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.

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US Surveillance as Art

Exploring Ai Wei Wei's exhibition on surveillance which tracks visitors with drones.

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A Tale of Defending Our Freedom Wins the Caine Prize 2017

Caine Prize winner Bushra al-Fadil warns of the relentless threats to our freedom

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The Artist Under Attack by Pizzagate Trolls

Maria Marshall often features her children in her work; now she鈥檚 being attacked for it

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The Serious Business of Comedy

Navigating the line between funny and offensive

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When Coming Out is a Dangerous Thing

Acknowledging the artists for whom coming out in their work is a risky thing to do.

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Can Music Influence our View of the World?

Ramy Essam is an Egyptian musician whose song became the anthem for the Arab Spring

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Beyond the Borders of Partition

Independence day, 70 years on. The birth of two new nations, India and Pakistan.

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Picturing Politics: An Artist鈥檚 Response to the Kenyan Election

Kenyan-British artist Michael Armitage explores the visual spectacle of an election rally

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Music In Extremis: A Pop Concert in Kabul

Singer Aryana Sayeed defied clerics and conservatives to mark Afghan Independence Day.

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An Act Of Censorship Or Cultural Sensitivity?

Should a divisive, traumatising sculpture have been dismantled?

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The Cultural Cost of Hurricane Harvey

How important are the arts at a time of great human cost in a natural disaster?

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The Lagos Comic Con and Nigerian Superheroes

Lagos Comic Con founder Ayodele Elegba on the rise of the Nigerian comic book industry.

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Combat and Culture: Women on the Frontline

Women in combat: They're on the real frontline, so why so rarely seen in popular culture?

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Catalan Culture and the Question of Independence

Two Catalan cultural figures discuss the charged issue of the independence referendum.

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Wounds of War: Angola's Troubled Past

Artist Kiluanji Kia Henda on using art to examine Angola's civil war wounds

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The Movie Making Inmate of Manus Island

How a detainee's smartphone film shed light on Australia's controversial detention centre

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The Saudi Artist Putting Women in the Driving Seat

The Saudi digital artist bringing her aspirations alive through her imagery

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Iran's Refugee Rocket Man

The Iranian artist who went from a Calais migrant camp to animating for Elton John.

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How I Made My Own Emoji

Meet the high school student who set out to make the first hijabi emoji.

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#MeToo: Challenging Sexual Harrassment in Nollywood and Bollywood

How are Nollywood and Bollywood responding to sexual harassment in Hollywood?

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Punk, Protest and Pussy Riot

Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina on her manifesto for change through artistic action.

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