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Category Archives: Middle East

7 questions for Ibraaz’s Anthony Downey
Anthony Downey / Middle East / Visual Culture

7 questions for Ibraaz’s Anthony Downey

Posted on October 10, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

We caught up with Anthony Downey to talk about Uncommon Grounds, art and media practices in North Africa and the Middle East. Continue reading →

Inside the New Jihad, book announcement
Middle East / News / Politics

Inside the New Jihad, book announcement

Posted on October 6, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

With unrivalled access, Sami Moubayed’s Inside the New Jihad provides a unique and more complete picture of the ISIS movement. Continue reading →

The Kurds of Iraq, out 30 October
Middle East / News / Politics

The Kurds of Iraq, out 30 October

Posted on October 3, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Who are Iraq’s Kurds? Mahir Aziz’s The Kurds of Iraq goes deep inside Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the people now on the front line in the war against the Islamic State. Continue reading →

Book launch: Uncommon Grounds
Events / Middle East / Visual Culture

Book launch: Uncommon Grounds

Posted on September 3, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Join us for the launch of Ibraaz’s Uncommon Grounds at the Delfina Foundation on Friday 5 September. Continue reading →

Win tickets to Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema
Competition / Middle East / Visual Culture

Win tickets to Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema

Posted on September 2, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Thanks to the good people at the Arab British Centre, win two tickets to a screening of Around the Pink House as part of the Safar film festival at the ICA. Continue reading →

A Region in Crisis
Amin Saikal / Middle East

A Region in Crisis

Posted on August 29, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Amin Saikal believes it’s time for the US and its allies to take stock of their past mistakes in the Middle East and act in ways that could help the people of the region. Continue reading →

The Yezidis publication date brought forward
Middle East / News / Politics

The Yezidis publication date brought forward

Posted on August 12, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

With thousands of Yezidi refugees currently besieged by forces from the Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq, we have decided to bring forward the publication of Birgül Açikyildiz’s The Yezidis. Continue reading →

Palestinian Women and Violence in Lebanon
Maria Holt / Middle East

Palestinian Women and Violence in Lebanon

Posted on January 21, 2014 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

In response to the recent death of Ariel Sharon, Maria Holt explores what life has meant to thousands of Palestinian women living in Lebanese refugee camps. Continue reading →

Islamic Literature’s Warrior Women
Middle East / Remke Kruk

Islamic Literature’s Warrior Women

Posted on November 27, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Unearthing the forgotten heroines of the great Arabian tales. Continue reading →

Perpetrator Trauma and Israeli Cinema
Middle East / Raya Morag

Perpetrator Trauma and Israeli Cinema

Posted on October 17, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Making distinctions between testimony given by the victim and confession made by the perpetrator, Raya Morag ventures to define and analyse perpetrator trauma in Israeli cinema, post- second-Intifada. Continue reading →

Bedouins, Boundaries and the Buraimi Oasis
Michael Quentin Morton / Middle East

Bedouins, Boundaries and the Buraimi Oasis

Posted on August 22, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • 2 Comments

How the futures of the UAE and Oman were determined during the 20th century. Continue reading →

Narrating Conflict in Lebanon and Palestine
Dina Matar / Middle East / Zahera Harb

Narrating Conflict in Lebanon and Palestine

Posted on July 24, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

With competing struggles over space, identity and memory, how should understanding long-term conflict in the Middle East be addressed?  Continue reading →

Turning Up the Volume
Middle East / Yasmine El Rashidi

Turning Up the Volume

Posted on July 2, 2013 by theibtaurisblog • Leave a comment

Yasmine El Rashidi, contributor to the PEN-award-winning Writing Revolution, talks about growing up learning English: exile and community, being alienated and finding her voice. Continue reading →

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