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(Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/al-monitor-doha-ramadan-festivities-arrive-old-port" > AL-Monitor Doha: Ramadan festivities arrive to the Old Port </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/qatar" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#qatar"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Qatar</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/al-monitor-riyadh-saudi-artist-ahmed-mater-brings-exhibit-shanghai" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/antenna-99000003cf04513c.jpg?h=effefcdd&itok=rQT8s62N" width="870" height="489" alt="Ahmed Mater: Antenna (2021). (Courtesy of the artist and UCCA)" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/al-monitor-riyadh-saudi-artist-ahmed-mater-brings-exhibit-shanghai" > AL-Monitor Riyadh: Saudi artist Ahmed Mater brings exhibit to Shanghai </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/al-monitor-riyadh-saudi-artist-ahmed-mater-brings-exhibit-shanghai" > The retrospective of Ahmed Mater at Shanghai’s UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, staged in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture’s Visual Arts Commission. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/saudi-arabia" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#saudi-arabia"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Saudi Arabia</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/palestinian-israeli-documentary-iranian-film-win-oscars-what-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2202429542.jpg?h=36376e29&itok=L0iINMfT" width="870" height="489" alt="HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 02: (L-R) Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham accept the Documentary Feature Film award "No Other Land" onstage during the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/palestinian-israeli-documentary-iranian-film-win-oscars-what-know" > Palestinian-Israeli documentary, Iranian film win at Oscars: What to know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/palestinian-israeli-documentary-iranian-film-win-oscars-what-know" > Two films from the Middle East won Oscars at Sunday's Academy Awards, highlighting the growing reputation of the region's film industry at a time of ongoing tensions and crises. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/palestine" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#palestine"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Palestine</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/muslims-across-middle-east-welcome-ramadan-despite-war-inflation" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/GettyImages-2201807049%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=2dRu3xIT" width="870" height="489" alt="Pigeons fly in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, ahead of the start of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on Feb. 28, 2025. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/muslims-across-middle-east-welcome-ramadan-despite-war-inflation" > Muslims across Middle East welcome Ramadan despite war, inflation </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/muslims-across-middle-east-welcome-ramadan-despite-war-inflation" > Amid fragile ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon and shifting dynamics for Iran, Syria and others, the region is preparing for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/rosaleen-carroll" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-02/Headshot-whiteBG_1.JPEG?h=59ab770f&itok=BdQz6YuC" alt="Rosaleen Carroll" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/rosaleen-carroll" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Rosaleen Carroll</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Washington, DC, US</strong>, reporting on <strong>the Middle East</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/al-monitor-dubai-art-meets-science-teamlab-phenomena" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/teamLab-9901450b6d05143c.jpg?h=769a00e5&itok=KN8cwWhT" width="870" height="489" alt="A teamLab immersive artwork." /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/02/al-monitor-dubai-art-meets-science-teamlab-phenomena" > AL-Monitor Dubai: Art meets science at teamLab Phenomena </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/02/al-monitor-dubai-art-meets-science-teamlab-phenomena" > This week we transport you to an immersive realm where art, technology and science meet with the opening of teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi — the second Middle Eastern outpost for the Japanese art collective. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/united-arab-emirates" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#united-arab-emirates"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">United Arab Emirates</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/02/al-monitor-istanbul-exploring-joy-and-sorrow-nese-erdoks-paintings" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-02/migration-99079e06db05143c.jpg?h=e3b9bb87&itok=qzx0_HfK" width="870" height="489" alt="“Migration,” oil on canvas, 2024. 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