For eight days and nights, Mashallah News covered the uprising in Istanbul and other Turkish cities, highlighting the huge diversity of the Gezi movement.

Yesterday was not only the birthday of MC Hammer & Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, but also Land Day – a day to commemorate what happened in Palestine 1976.

Hotel Atlas in the 50s. A band known as the Ramses Five play a cosmic fusion of oriental jazz; outside, a famous actress poses dramatically for her portrait.

“A Woman Sings Under the Ice”, a short film by Tehran-based animator and illustrator Maryam Khalilzade, marries poetry and fantasy.

Mashallah News spoke to Alex Shams about the lesser-known positive effect of the 1979 Iranian revolution on women’s education and university enrolment.

Founded by the chronically nostalgic Fatima Mussa, Zamaaan is a visual, curated and crowd-sourced archive that sets out to trace the secret history of the Middle East.

The 2013 edition of Art Dubai exhibited a huge array of contemporary art – but, says Abraham Zeitoun, the aim of the fair is to sell Dubai to the world.

Visit the homes of the people of Kuştepe – urban residents whose lives are rarely seen – in this portrayal of a neighborhood under threat.