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This section is devoted to celebrating the diversity of the Arab World. Please enjoy reading articles of experiences and encounters from right across the Arab World from Tangier to Tripoli, Beirut to Baghdad.
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Offscreen Expeditions: Journey to Saudi Arabia
First short film showcasing the expedition to Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed at Eton, A Film by Shehani Fernando
Witness follows one boy's journey from a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to the UK's most prestigious public school.
NEW ARABIC LANGUAGE ONLINE LEARNING TOOL
Discover Arabic online with this new and free interactive learning software for complete beginners by ArabicOnline.EU.
EXHIBITION: BRITAIN IN PALESTINE BY ANNE LINEEN
Anne Lineen tells us more about her forthcoming exhibition on British rule in Palestine 1917-1948.
Sura, A Film by Yasser Alwan
Compelling portraits of Cairo's working poor interfused with speeches by Nasser and popular song.
MADA'IN SALEH BY VIRGINIA FORBES
Suddenly we saw Mada'in Salah. Massive outcrops of yellow sandstone rock seemed to bubble out of the plain to great heights.
Gaza-London, A Film by Dima Hamdan
Gaza 2009. A massive Israeli assault is underway on Gaza. Mahmoud is in London, his mother is trapped in Gaza...
Middle Eastern Hospitality by Caroline Muir
I was 21 and had no actual knowledge of the Middle East at that point, but I had heard of the famous Arab hospitality.
Interlude in a Sandstorm by William Fullerton
Forty years ago I had the good fortune to have the chance to travel by Land Rover from Beirut to Jedda.
Documentary Filmmaking in Morocco by Saeed Taji-Farouky
There is a saying in Arabic that translates as “I see the stars at noon.”
AN EARLY AFTERNOON IN BEIRUT BY TIM LLEWELLYN
I heard shrieks from the apartment next to me. One of the foreign ladies had obviously had enough. She was packing....
The No Objection Certificate by Virginia Forbes
At Sur we stopped to watch dhows being built on the beach, lazed on the empty sands of Qalhat..
