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‘A love letter to Beirut’: Lana Daher on sifting 20,000 sources and 70 years of film to make Do You Love Me
ByYassin El-Moudden February 19, 2026

Remembering and documentation are radical acts in Lebanon, a country with a tumultuous history and no national archive. Daher’s effervescent cultural collage is a direct challenge to collective amnesiaAt one point in Lana Daher’s film Do You Love Me, a…

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A bike with 21 satellite dishes struggles through a desert: Hiba Baddou’s best photograph
ByInterview by Charlotte Jansen February 18, 2026

‘The Peugeot 103 is iconic in Morocco: a symbol of social mobility. But my rider, a living sculpture, is so overstimulated he can’t choose which way to go – and ends up going nowhere’This image, Parabomobile, shows a living sculpture I created. A man i…

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Oscar-nominated co-writer of It Was Just an Accident released from Iranian prison
ByAssociated Press February 17, 2026

Mehdi Mahmoudian released 17 days after arrest for signing a statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader and regime’s protest crackdownMehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated cowriter of It Was Just an Accident, has been released from an Iranian prison 17…

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Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton among those to condemn Berlinale’s ‘silence’ on Gaza
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent February 17, 2026

At least 80 film-makers and stars sign open letter after German festival jury president Wim Wenders says they should keep out of politicsMore than 80 current and former participants of the Berlinale, including Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton and Adam McKa…

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‘It’s a protest movement behind windows’: tribute to the Iranians risking their lives to film dissent
ByDeborah Cole February 17, 2026

Inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising that gripped Iran in 2022, two film students created a documentary, Memories of a Window, about onlookers who anonymously record footage as proof of state violenceFootage that went viral from Iran in late 2…

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‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?
ByMadeleine Schwartz February 17, 2026

His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle has become about much more than literary ethicsEvery November, leadin…

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British Museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from some displays
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent February 16, 2026

Museum revises labelling on maps and panels, saying term used inaccurately and no longer historically neutralThe British Museum has removed the word “Palestine” from some of its displays, saying the term was used inaccurately and is no longer historica…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell February 13, 2026

Protests in Buenos Aires, Lindsey Vonn crashes at the Winter Olympics and Bad Bunny performs at Super Bowl LX – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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The President’s Cake review – sweet portrait of life in wartime Iraq builds to an explosive climax
ByPeter Bradshaw February 11, 2026

Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredientsThere’s a terrific charm and sweetness in this debut from Iraqi film-maker Hasan Hadi…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell February 6, 2026

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, ICE protests in Los Angeles, Snoop Dogg at the Winter Olympics and Storm Leonardo – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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