Near the beginning of his long narrative poem “Letter to Lord Byron,” W. H. Auden writes, “I want a form that’s large enough to swim in.” So too, apparently, did Herman Melv…
At the 2026 Venice Biennale, artists and writers converged on Yto Barrada’s exhibition at the French Pavillion to pay tribute to Lebanese-American artist Etel Adnan. A stalwart po…
The yodel: the perfect acknowledgment of that which cannot be hidden anymore and therefore also that which we have always had to hide. The yodel: the flickering Adam’s apple. Not …
In today’s episode of Trending Middle East, US President Donald Trump heads to the Nato summit in Turkey, where Iran, defence spending and support for Ukraine are expected to domi…
Türkiye presented its culinary heritage as a tool of public diplomacy ahead of the July 7-8 NATO summit in Ankara, hosting international journalists at a dinner in the capital.
The far-right Rassemblement National is trying to quash accusations of incompetence in foreign policy. It is relying on a handful of senior civil servants from France's foreign mi…
I have been obsessed with dinner parties since I was eight or nine. At this age my greatest desire was to get my mum to let me stay up for the ones she threw for her friends. Once…
In Germany, where Nazi symbols and propaganda are tightly restricted by law, a new and creative strategy is being used to challenge far-right merchandise sellers: trademarks.
Crowds have thronged the streets of Tehran in a procession for Iran's late supreme leader. The huge event is seen as a show of strength by the theocratic regime amid peace negotia…
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. On July 8, 1918, just two weeks shy of his 19th birthday, American Red Cross volunteer Ernest Hemingway …
A delegation from the UN's Office for Humanitarian Affairs visited a field hospital established by the UAE to deliver aid to Gaza. The team reviewed the hospital's medical and tre…
The second Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial is set to transform public spaces with artworks and installations across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. The programme will open in Al Ain on Octobe…