Last of the Dictionary Men
A multimedia exhibition on display at London's Mosaic Rooms highlighting the little-known story of the Yemeni sailors of South Shields
View ArticleReflections of Persia
'Riccardo’s Iran, discovered and rediscovered ... becomes a mirror in which the world and its distant lands appear before one’s eyes'
View ArticleIn Search of Lost Time
Ara Güler's photographs of Anatolia not only challenge distinctions between photojournalism and art, but also notions of Turkish history and identity
View ArticleWind, Sand, and Stars
A photo essay by Zakaria Wakrim featuring surreal images of the Atlas Mountains, the Sahara Desert, and the proverbial North African djellaba
View ArticleThen and Now
A look at the works on display in the first part of an exhibition of contemporary photography from the Middle East and North Africa at LACMA
View ArticlePortrait of a Nation
From the palaces of Nasereddin Shah-e Qajar to the battlegrounds of the Iran-Iraq War, Sanaz Jamloo examines the development of photography in Iran and the social upheavals associated with it
View ArticleIn Living Colour
Artist Tareq Sayed Rajab de Montfort talks to Mohammed AlKouh about his romantic and ethereal hand-coloured photographs of the quotidian in Kuwait
View ArticlePictures of You
Little did Ania Dabrowska know that when she stepped into a Camden Town hostel, she would chance upon boxfuls of treasures from Lebanon's past
View ArticleI Saved My Belly Dancer
Youssef Nabil talks to Natasha Morris about his childhood, his fascination with the 'Golden Age' of Egyptian cinema, and his new series of work revolving around the figure of the belly dancer
View ArticleShiny Happy People
'In a way, we put photography on the map in the Middle East, and people started to talk about it, even if they didn't understand it' - Reem Al Faisal in conversation with Joobin Bekhrad
View ArticleIran, 1970
'I feel the warmth of Zarathustra’s flame, and see everywhere the bluest blue, of the earth of Khorasan ...' - Joobin Bekhrad on the journeys of a young Gabriele Basilico in Iran in 1970
View ArticleLast Afghan Standing
'We were the only Afghans in Sedona' - photographer Negine Jasmine looks back on growing up Afghan in Arizona and coming to terms with her culture and heritage
View ArticleReflections of Persia
'Riccardo’s Iran, discovered and rediscovered ... becomes a mirror in which the world and its distant lands appear before one’s eyes'
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