Features

Next Big Thing

Mousa al-Awadi is the future of Jordanian basketball – as long as he’s given the chance

Fast Furious Forbidden

With the deluge of max-power car films continuing to scream out of America, Saudi’s Westernised kids are taking inspiration

We'll fight them on the beaches

A new film revisits the 2005 Cronulla riots in Sydney, where gangs of locals squared up to Lebanese youths in a summer of violence. George Basha talks about his debut feature, The Combination

Top 10 ways to be a better Arab

Your chance to fortify your link to Arabia – from growing a mustache to loving the language

The Struggle Within

Ibrahim Sarsour is one of the 11 Arabs reaching into the heart of the Jewish state’s political system

Night Vision

If there’s a reason why you’re hooked to the Melody channel, it might well be director Leila Kanaan

Third time lucky

Mustafa Salameh managed to become the first Jordanian to ever scale Everest – now he hopes his treks to the South and North Pole might actually be noticed

Penn state

The most charismatic, erudite and intense actor in Hollywood is coming off the back of Oscar success for Milk. But it’s his overall life that remains his greatest achievement

Dom Joly

British comedian and writer Dom Joly has made a career out of exposing the reactions of everyday people to the idiotic, surreal events he instigates

The War Crime

As the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rappoteur on the Occupied Territories, Richard Falk is qualified to assess the legality of Israel’s actions