When Helsinki-based writer Hassan Blasim follows the heated debated around migration, he is reminded of a journey he would ...

Flea Kuti once said that “music is the weapon of the future.” Emel Mathlouthi, a NYC-based Tunisian-American vocalist headed ...

BBC News Persian TV is celebrating this year’s Nowruz… Nowruz is the festival of the spring equinox, marking the beginning of ...

The BBC Persian’s Nowruz show will delight viewers with Shohreh Aghdashloo’s reading from the classical poet Hafez – an ...

There's so much going on at the annual festival of global music that it can feel overwhelming. The only option is to surrender, say Tony Stamp and So'omālō Iteni Schwalger.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed on Friday that Abdullah Maki Musleh al-Rifai, better known as Abu Khadija, has been killed. The leader of the terrorist group ISIS in Iraq and ...

In honour of Mahmoud Darwish’s 84th birthday, we examine how the Palestinian wordsmith continues to inspire creativity in the ...

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years, this strategy proved successful. Slowly but surely, Tehran’s “axis of ...

Alawites are an Arab ethnic and religious group, with distinct cultures, languages and religious beliefs. They live mainly in the Levant region in West Asia. Pramode Mallik Updated : Mar 10, 2025, ...