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Protesting unemployment and corruption: social unrest in Iraq escalates

Egyptian elites did not supporting the Nazis during World War II

Scholar Israel Gershoni shows in his new book how the middle classes were willing to accept a pro-British government because they saw it as the lesser of two evils, and something that would save them from the Germans

Egypt's millennials turn to Sufism

BBC's Jeremy Bowen: The unstoppable momentum of Assad’s war

Damascus feels different. The centre of the city was barely damaged in the last seven years of war, unlike many of the suburbs, which have been turned into rubble.

Souad Abderrahim, Tunis' first-ever female mayor

Souad Abderrahim from Tunisia's moderate Islamic party was elected on Tuesday as mayor of the capital city, Tunis, the first time a woman has held the post.

US fencer: a Muslima with a mission

″Believe in the importance of your work″

Documentary maker Danish-Afghan journalist Nagieb Khaja regularly reports from the crisis regions of the world. His work is frequently to be found on media outlets such as VICE or Al Jazeera. He talked to Emran Feroz about his dangerous experiences and what motivates him to keep going

Behind the prison wall

Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arab Fiction, Fadel′s ninth novel, ″A Rare Blue Bird Flies With Me″ is set during Morocco′s Years of Lead. Exploiting the injustice of the status quo under Hassan II, this poignant tale also addresses the domestic vulnerability of its female characters within a heavily patriarchal context. Sherif Dhaimish read the book

Historian Bettany Hughes delves into Europe's Islamic heritage

BBC Radio: Sunni and Shia Islam