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Villa Mokbel: New hope for Beirut’s forgotten architectural gem

The stunning but dilapidated mansion is hosting a special kind of exhibition: seeking someone new to love it

Dark grey walls, white around the door and windows

Bread, body: UAE artist Moza Almatrooshi explores food and soul

Her performance explores how bakers move within the kitchen, gestures she turned into shapes and baked into bread.

Almatrooshi during her performance 'The Alphabetics of the Baker' at Art Dubai

Daily blackouts put Lebanon’s ancient artefacts at risk

Electricity is needed to preserve many of the National Museum of Beirut’s priceless archaeological treasures.

Beirut Museum

‘Sonic Detective’: The artist using sound to expose crimes

A new retrospective shows how sound artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan uses audio-visual techniques to bridge art and politics.

Lawrence Abu Hamdan narrating in Walled Unwalled

How water cooperation can provide geopolitical stability in MENA

The Blue Peace Strategy promotes water sustainability as an asset for political and social peace in the region.

A photo from a Blue Peace water training session in Duhok. Courtesy of Blue Peace

Digital and NFT art reigns at Art Dubai

A serious shift in the global art scene is under way with increasing interest in digital mediums, including NFTs.

A selection of NFT art at the Bybit booth at Art Dubai Digital

Dubai Expo: Chance for change in Middle East and North Africa

Dubai’s world fair represents a golden opportunity for MENA participants to drum up interest in their countries.

Visitors stand in front of an innovative screen inside the 'The Dreamers Who Do' section of the UAE Pavilion

How a co-op and an artist plan to revive Lebanon’s wool trade

A woman’s co-op is using discarded wool to weave handcrafted rugs to sell abroad and revive fortunes at home.

Artist Adrian Pepe with a herd of Awassi sheep in Aarsal, Lebanon [Photo courtesy of Adrian Pepe]

Lebanon NGO tackles food crisis head on with wheat production

Lebanese bakers build projects to ensure food security as crisis-hit Lebanon increases food imports.

Mavia's bakers prepare dough for the next batch of bread [Maghie Ghali/Al Jazeera]

Mother continues daughter’s art after losing her to Beirut blast

A young woman’s artistic dreams cut short by the 2020 Lebanon explosion is being carried further by her mother.

The exhibition’s title comes from the photo caption of Gaia Fodoulian’s last social media post [Maghie Ghali/Al Jazeera]