Deepak Unnikrishnan’s debut novel Temporary People chronicles stories of life-worlds shaped by change, temporality and migration, well familiar to the people of today’s Gulf cities.

Rencontre sonore avec Photo Joe, un Arménien né à Beyrouth en 1931, qui fut tour à tour photographe, DJ, propriétaire d’un magasin de disques et parolier.

What if humans could overcome mortality? This question is at the core of Lebanese writer and director Darine Hotait’s the short science fiction movie Orb.

“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.

Je pense que l’art, même dans sa formation la plus effective, reste une promesse à venir, une promesse utopique. Mais à ce moment là, l’utopie était là, elle flirtait avec l’actuel, l’art et la politique étaient devancées par le présent.

I think that art, even at its most effective, is a but promise. A utopian promise. When the revolution happened, utopia was there, flirting with the actual.

Hasan Ali Toptaş is one of the most important Turkish authors to have been influenced by existentialism; he fearlessly plays around with time and place.

Müzik Hayvanı, İstanbul’dan çağdaş ve avangard müziğin sesini iletiyor.

Interview with Eray Düzgünsoy about Müzik Hayvanı (Music Animal), an alternative record label, which shares for free all its music of online.