art and culture

08:33

Tunisian cultural spaces face pressure as advocates launches solidarity campaigns against restrictions on public and intellectual freedoms.

11:31

Kermanshan’s landmarks, from Taq-e Bostan to Anubanini, face loss from neglect, vandalism, and Iranian cultural policies, eroding the region’s identity.

11:42

Young Tunisian artisan Douaa Jradi is reviving the traditional Tunisian sieve (gharbal) by transforming it into decorative art pieces that preserve the country's cultural heritage.

12:40

Through her art of painting, Lana Aziz has been working since the opening of the Khormal Child Protection Center a year ago, aiming to serve the children of Khormal in the Kurdistan Region.

09:51

The "Butterfly Effect" team is driven by the belief that a small artistic touch can create great change, as young Iraqi women work to transform walls, streets, and schools into vibrant spaces of beauty and hope, breathing life back into society.

09:51

Tunisian actress Leila Chabbi views art as a powerful form of resistance, criticizing the silence of some artists on freedom and national issues while urging the artistic community to fulfill its social responsibility and speak out.

08:33

Taiz's "Wednesday Cinema" rekindles cinematic passion, uniting youth in a free space to restore film's role in shaping consciousness and cultural dialogue.

09:12

Kobani's "Fajin" Institute trains children and youth in music through academic courses, aiming to build a musically skilled and culturally aware generation.

11:43

Kurdish literature has long rooted women in oral tales and epics. With social and political shifts, new women’s voices are now emerging in written literature.

09:04

Artist Dima Abu Sharkh turned art into expression, resistance, and healing_her paintings extending women’s voices and experiences beyond color and form.

11:50

Ariz Sarwar is a visual artist who depicts women's issues, nature, and Kurdish and social identity in her paintings. She has transformed a small café into a space for exhibiting her artworks.

11:14

Today, women’s writing is an act of resistance confronting cultural hegemony and discrimination, exposing stereotypes’ fragility. It is a space for liberation, reshaping consciousness, and declaring a female presence that regects exclusion.

08:54

Tunisian artist Zahra Zarrouk discovered Ebru art by chance, finding in it her refuge from breaking, her life's message, and a shelter for women to express their pains.

11:01

The mural Hope and Leaves embodies the vision of Sudanese artist Alaa Satir of the asylum journey as a continuous movement toward safety, using human bodies and birds in a powerful visual metaphor.

08:59

Facing disappearance of crafts, Sahr turns handicrafts into generational bridge; forty years of experience become artistic artistic project reviving popular heritage with modern spirit, keeping it alive in homes and memory.

09:31

Jumana Al Samarrai combines artifact restoration and cultural content creation, passionately reviving Mesopotamian civilization's historical memory and transmitting it to new generations with a scientific vision blending authenticity and modernity.

09:17

The Syrian interim government's monolithic approach threatens centuries-old cultural and religious diversity. Changing historical symbols erases regional history, threatens collective memory, and deepens societal division.

08:26

Moroccan theater artist Fatima Zahra Al‑Sandadi combines theatrical work with engagement in women's issues, addressing gender identity and social representations in Moroccan society.

08:50

After years of interruption, artist Chafika Fguir returns to her canvas with renewed passion, carving her way between motherhood and society's challenges, making art space for memory, identity, and freedom.

08:37

The artistic experience of Thoria Razqi, a Moroccan woman and mother of four, embodies a model of determination and self‑actualization, in a prominent challenge to the revolution against the traditional roles imposed on women by society.