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Album review: Jon Balke and Siwan – "Nahnou Houm"

Chasing an elusive heritage

Juxtaposing songs in Arabic with others in Spanish and Ladino, Norwegian composer and musician Jon Balke has spent the last ten years experimenting with the music of Muslim Andalusia. Releasing their first album in 2009, he and Siwan are now back with "Nahnou Houm". Review by Richard Marcus
Amnesty International: Release of 16 year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi
Opening the gates of the Kingdom

Once Saudi Arabia was the world’s most difficult country for a non-Muslim to visit. Only Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca were allowed to enter. Now Saudi Arabia has announced it will begin issuing tourist visas during the first quarter of 2018. Things potential tourists should leave behind: any alcohol, non-Muslim religious items, pork-based products, games of chance, medicines containing codeine, pornography… By Eric Lafforgue
Making sense of Iran's protests
Cambridge University defends Giulio Regeni's academic supervisor
Lebanon: "Make food not war!"

Despite the civil war in its past, Beirut is struggling back to its former beauty. Restaurant owners like Kamal Mouzawak are part of that transformation. He unites cultures and religions around the dining table. Impressions by Michael Marek
Lesson in endurance: Syrian refugee teacher enters German school

Working at a German school is not just about reading and writing, maths and singing songs, says newly minted Syrian assistant teacher Hend al-Khabbaz.
Sada: Reform in the Arab world

Providing Middle East analysis published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Fear of the free word
Fear of the free word

The high-profile case of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is not the only one of its kind. Throughout the Arab world, writers, journalists and activists are being locked up for expressing critical opinions