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Director Yorgos Lanthimos wears a pin of the Palestine flag at a photocall for Bugonia. EPA

Solidarity with Palestine on Venice Film Festival red carpet

Cinema's oldest festival becomes stage for protest and statements on Gaza

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Thousands join pro-Palestine march at Venice in ‘largest film fest protest’

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Hijra review: Saudi coming-of-age tale journeys across kingdom in flux

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On the line-up is singer Paloma Faith, right, seen here at a pro-Palestine rally at the Israeli Embassy in London, in March 2025. Getty Images

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At this year's D23 event, Disney unveiled a host of its coming films. Photo: The Walt Disney Company

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Afra Al Dhaheri: Restless Circle opens at the Sharjah Art Foundation's Al Mureijah Square on Saturday. Photo: Sharjah Art Foundation

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Emily Armstrong and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park performing at the opening ceremony before the UEFA Champions League Final 2025. Getty Images

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Pro Palestine demonstrators in front of the red carpet to announce a demonstration on August 30 during the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival. AP

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Director Darren Aronofsky, left, and Austin Butler on the set of Caught Stealing. AP

InterviewDarren Aronofsky: 'For once, I’m actually playing by the rules'

Caught Stealing director explains why a cultural shift has forced his films in a new direction

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Secrets and smartphones: Perfect Strangers adaptation makes Dubai stage debut

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Yasmine Hamdan's first solo album since 2017 is shaped by her life between Paris and Beirut. Photo: Ylias Nao

Yasmine Hamdan breaks eight-year silence with new album I Remember I Forget

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Dune: Part Three set to film in Abu Dhabi's Liwa Desert

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Samia Halaby. Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg

‘AI is not intelligent’: Samia Halaby says machines can aid art, not create it

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Global music festivals and Gaza: Timeline of walkouts, protests and boycotts

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'We had to write as fast as Israel was killing people': The story behind Daybreak in Gaza

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Emirati photographer’s Zayed National Museum series earns Sheikh Abdullah’s praise

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Mariah Carey’s best music videos: Ten classics that defined her career

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At this year's D23 event, Disney unveiled a host of its coming films. Photo: The Walt Disney Company

Biggest highlights from Disney's D23 event, from Toy Story 5 to Hexed

Sequels for Incredibles, Zootopia and Coco have also been announced

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Jude Law to portray Vladimir Putin in The Wizard of the Kremlin at Venice Film Festival

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Thousands join pro-Palestine march at Venice in ‘largest film fest protest’

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Hijra review: Saudi coming-of-age tale journeys across kingdom in flux

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Solidarity with Palestine on Venice Film Festival red carpet

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Dubai's Museum of Future spotted in K-drama starring Kim Woo-bin and Bae Suzy

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All Love is Blind versions ranked, from Habibi to UK and Sweden

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Morteza Khazaie uses wood to evoke a powerful metaphor for individual and societal change. Photo: Leila Heller Gallery

ReviewMorteza Khazaie’s Upside Down turns wood into a story of survival

Exhibition at Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai underscores the resilience found in nature

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UAE art guide: 20 museum and gallery exhibitions to see now

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How Emirati women are helping shape Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

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‘AI is not intelligent’: Samia Halaby says machines can aid art, not create it

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Sara Hamdan is a former New York Times journalist and Google editor. Photo: Farooq Salik

Contradictions, trauma and TV: Sara Hamdan on her debut novel

What Will People Think? explores cultural pressure familiar to many women in the region, says author

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A look back at poet Mahmoud Darwish's last public performance in Ramallah

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Art book aims to keep Beirut blast on people's minds

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Kamala Harris’s 107 Days leads global wave of political memoirs in 2025

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