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Rashida Jones in Common People. Photo: Netflix

Black Mirror review: All of season seven episodes ranked from worst to best

The six episodes feature a mix of unsettling tech nightmares and emotionally driven stories

Inside the abandoned Riyadh shopping mall that's become an arts hub

From Mohamed Ramadan to Elyanna: the rise of Arab artists at Coachella

Music & On-stage

Love and loss: How The Script found meaning again on the road

Music & On-stage

Review: Arena version of Les Miserables is not for beginners

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Indian author Banu Mushtaq is shortlisted for the 2025 International Man Booker Prize. @banumushtaq / Instagram

Tale of Muslim women’s lives in India shortlisted for International Booker Prize

Japanese author Haruki Murakami has won the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s cultural personality of the year award. EPA

Haruki Murakami wins Sheikh Zayed Book Award cultural personality prize

Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah El Dibany was part of French President Emanuel Macron's official delegation during his visit to Egypt this week. Farrah El Dibany / Instagram

El Dibany set to top off busy week with Giza Pyramids concert

The artwork took two and a half years from design to completion. Photo: Bahrain International Airport

Giant stained-glass installation unveiled at Bahrain Airport

Dave Chappelle will return to the UAE capital after a record-breaking performance in 2024. Photo: Live Nation Middle East

Dave Chappelle set for UAE return at Abu Dhabi Comedy Season in June

Once Upon A Time In Gaza will be featured in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in May. Photo: BAC Films

Gaza crime thriller to premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Photo: Danny Kaan

Les Miserables arena show will 'blow away' audiences, stars say

A Memorial in Fragments presents a major body of work by Majd Arandas. The Palestinian photographer was killed in November 2023 by an Israeli airstrike. Photo: Gulf Photo Plus

Weekly gallery guide: Celebration of late Palestinian photographer

Indian author Banu Mushtaq is shortlisted for the 2025 International Man Booker Prize. @banumushtaq / Instagram

Tale of Muslim women’s lives in India shortlisted for International Booker Prize

Japanese author Haruki Murakami has won the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s cultural personality of the year award. EPA

Haruki Murakami wins Sheikh Zayed Book Award cultural personality prize

Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah El Dibany was part of French President Emanuel Macron's official delegation during his visit to Egypt this week. Farrah El Dibany / Instagram

El Dibany set to top off busy week with Giza Pyramids concert

The artwork took two and a half years from design to completion. Photo: Bahrain International Airport

Giant stained-glass installation unveiled at Bahrain Airport

Dave Chappelle will return to the UAE capital after a record-breaking performance in 2024. Photo: Live Nation Middle East

Dave Chappelle set for UAE return at Abu Dhabi Comedy Season in June

Once Upon A Time In Gaza will be featured in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in May. Photo: BAC Films

Gaza crime thriller to premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Photo: Danny Kaan

Les Miserables arena show will 'blow away' audiences, stars say

A Memorial in Fragments presents a major body of work by Majd Arandas. The Palestinian photographer was killed in November 2023 by an Israeli airstrike. Photo: Gulf Photo Plus

Weekly gallery guide: Celebration of late Palestinian photographer

Indian author Banu Mushtaq is shortlisted for the 2025 International Man Booker Prize. @banumushtaq / Instagram

Tale of Muslim women’s lives in India shortlisted for International Booker Prize

Japanese author Haruki Murakami has won the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s cultural personality of the year award. EPA

Haruki Murakami wins Sheikh Zayed Book Award cultural personality prize

Features

Visitors at the Madad Art Foundation’s Path exhibition view Mariam Al-Fawal’s Fragile light installation. Photo: Gheth Tawalbeh

Syrian artists revive an abandoned Assad-era landmark in Damascus

First major exhibition in the Syrian capital since the regime's ousting is hailed as a rebirth of the creative scene

Netflix's cricket-themed film Test won't bowl you over

Rami Malek stars in The Amateur, a spy thriller in cinemas now. Photo: 20th Century Studios

Why Rami Malek never wanted to be a leading man

How TV and film have imagined America's first female president

Khulood Al Jabri is one of the 13 artist featured in Al Helm documentary series. Photo: Media Mania Productions

The documentary series preserving the legacies of veteran Emirati artists

VideoSneak peek into teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi

Katy Perry to perform at 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Music & On-stage

The White Lotus review: Ending explained through Buddhist philosophy

Inaugural Art Week Riyadh proposes new way of discovering art

Film & TV

Dubbed the 'Heist of the Century', Seth Rollins turned the main event of WrestleMania 31 into a triple threat and won the title. AP

Ten of the most memorable WrestleMania moments

Annual spectacle will soon be live-streamed on Netflix for the first time

Dave Chappelle set for UAE return at Abu Dhabi Comedy Season in June

Netflix's cricket-themed film Test won't bowl you over

Gaza crime thriller to premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Why Rami Malek never wanted to be a leading man

How TV and film have imagined America's first female president

Titanic 'might have been saved' if it hit iceberg head-on

Art & Design

Al Musa Centre was built in the 1980s and was once a bustling commercial space. Razmig Bedirian / The National

Inside the abandoned Riyadh shopping mall that's become an arts hub

Built in the 1980s but recently repurposed, concrete grey structure in Saudi capital houses 20 galleries, each with a distinctive mission

Giant stained-glass installation unveiled at Bahrain Airport

Syrian artists revive an abandoned Assad-era landmark in Damascus

Weekly gallery guide: Celebration of late Palestinian photographer

Books

Indian author Banu Mushtaq is shortlisted for the 2025 International Man Booker Prize. @banumushtaq / Instagram

Tale of Muslim women’s lives in India shortlisted for International Booker Prize

From acclaimed author Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi, the short story collection is Mushtaq's first to be translated into English

Haruki Murakami wins Sheikh Zayed Book Award cultural personality prize

How Nnedi Okorafor is redefining the sci-fi novel with Death of the Author

Tracing the Arabic roots of trending words 'tariffs' and 'ghibli'

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