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Electro life

Culture Beirut

Meet Jad, aka Funny Death, who began writing music in the Ivory Coast, then in Lebanon, but says his tunes remain detached from both.

A weird passion

Old Turkish "remake" films grow international fandom

Culture Istanbul

In recent years, the strange sci-fi and action film remakes from Turkey in the 70s and 80s have grown their own online international cult following

16 Tons: a documentary about Turkish miners

Visual Sunday

Rights & dissent Mashallah region

Üit Kıvanç’s black-and-white pictures from Zonguldak, a Black Sea region where coal mines have been operating for almost two centuries, have been taken between 1983 and 1985.

Everyday Dubai

Culture Dubai

Each day, graphic designer Zena Adhami posts a new image from Dubai – colours, shapes and patterns represent daily a specific place in the city.

Charlie Chaplin and social networks

"I want my life back"

CultureSociety Izmir

Modern Times is a short film describing the life of an ordinary man in Izmir. We spoke to the director Aykut Alp Ersoy

Charlie Chaplin ve sosyal ağlar

CultureSociety Izmir

“Modern Zamanlar” kısa filmi İzmir’de çekildi ve sıradan bir insanın hayatını anlatıyor, yönetmen Aykut Alp Ersoy ile konuştuk.

Rami Jarrah: inside and outside

Free Syria, free information

Rights & dissent Cairo

Rami Jarrah is a Syrian media activist who lives in Cairo where he manages with activist Deiaa Dugmoch, the organisation Activists News Association.

Picture an Arab man

Society Amman Beirut Cairo Damascus Mashallah region Ramallah

What is a stereotypical ‘Arab man’? Photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi took very different portraits of young men from across the Arab world.

Kim Ki O: İstanbul’la ilgili bir röportaj

Culture Istanbul

Son altı yıldır electro-pop, lo-fi, dark müzikler yapan, hem Türkiye, hem de yurtdışında Kim Ki O, İstanbul’un indie müzik dünyasında isimlerini duyuruyor.

Who is Kim Ki O?

The Istanbul interview

Culture Istanbul

We found him! And it’s a duo — two Turkish makers of soft electro-pop and dark lo-fi, making Istanbul’s indie circles dance.