Rachida Ouar’s photographs invite people in Algiers to discover the city’s rich architectural heritage, from Phoenician, Roman and Ottoman to French-influenced and contemporary.

Realising how little he knew about the rural fringes of his city, Istanbul artist Serkan Taycan began mapping outlying areas – until he had created a 60 kilometres long walking route.

When I first met Koray, on Burgaz island, with a coffee in his hand & a cigarette between his lips, he was grooming the horses slowly & gently.

Desert, markets, colourful mosaic – the image of Morocco to many. But not Casa photographer Yoriyas Yassine Alaoui Ismaili. He sees very different things.

A lively park stretches its well-tended lawns & small beaches along the Antolian seaside in Istanbul. Sedef Özge has photographed its life.

Fes-born architect Sarah Essbai describes the structure of the medinas – and how these ancient spaces extend into both the past and the future of Morocco.

Art students, aficionados and the simply curious have been flocking to Ain Zebboudja every day, staying until late in the evening to paint the walls.

The series Towards a flora is Ali Taptık’s visual research into urban plant life, depicting lone potted plants scattered throughout Istanbul.

911, F-16, 666. Numbers that seem to signify danger, alarm, war. In a Saudi Arabian coding system, they are graffiti tags representing tribes and regions.

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.