Shirin Neshat on the video art that reconnected her with Iran - The Start podcast
The visual artist reveals how her installation Turbulent built a community among the Iranian...
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Bombs, boat sinkings and assassinations: is the Middle East descending into war?
Beyond the conflict in Gaza it has been a violent few weeks in the wider Middle East, from...
Inside Lebanon's economic crisis
Scenes of economic despair are visible across Lebanon – from shops to homes, businesses to...
Inside Qatar 2022: the World Cup of politics and protest
Football’s governing body Fifa has tried to keep politics out of the World Cup – but there has...
How a contested history feeds the Israel-Palestine conflict
Certain dates are seared into the minds of those who have tried to untangle the decades-long...
Human catastrophe unfolds in Israel and Gaza
Deadly assault by Hamas militants across southern Israel has been followed by devastating...
Children are reported to be starving in Gaza as insufficient aid supplies crawl into the...
The Ministry of Defence’s multimillion pound Saudi defence deal
Documents released in a Serious Fraud Office court case showed suspicious payments on Saudi...
Abandoned at sea, the cargo crew adrift without wages, fuel or supplies: a look back
This week we are returning to some of our favourite episodes from 2019. When companies run into...
The assassination of Qassem Suleimani – podcast
The US drone strike on Iran’s most influential general could transform the Middle East. Middle...
On late Tuesday night, Israel’s cabinet met to vote on a temporary ceasefire in Gaza and a...
The oil company CEO running the next UN climate change summit
The UN’s annual climate conference is being dogged by scandal months before it even begins....
The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh – and another ordinary day in the West Bank
A year ago the renowned journalist was shot, but it was far from the only news story in Palestine...
Hostage diplomacy: when will Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe be free?
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has endured a five-year nightmare after being arrested and jailed in...
While working in Abu Dhabi launching a literary festival, Caitlin McNamara alleges she was raped...
Who is robbing Lebanon’s banks?
A spate of bank robberies has hit Beirut in recent weeks but they are heists with a twist: people...
The Nobel peace prize winner fighting a war in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s prime minister was feted by the international community as a reformer and a...
Syria's disinformation wars and the untimely death of the White Helmets' founder
James Le Mesurier died a year ago today. The Guardian’s Martin Chulov describes the immense...
The life and death of White Helmets' founder James Le Mesurier
James Le Mesurier died a year ago today. The Guardian’s Martin Chulov describes the immense...
Returning to Tunisia on the tenth anniversary of the Arab Spring – podcast
The Guardian’s international correspondent Michael Safi returns to Tunisia where, 10 years ago,...
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