Those in London this summer could do worse than take the tube to Russell Square, where the British Museum is hosting a season of events on the contemporary Middle East, writes David Tresilian

Amal Choucri Catta speaks with flautist Inas Abdel-Dayem

As Israeli troops mass in southern Lebanon, Mohamed El-Assyouti revisits Arab Lutfi's documentary on Sidon, the filmmaker's elegy to the city of her youth, a place where the future and the past seem identical

In Beirut, Al-Madina Theatre issues a statement calling for support. Below is the full text

By Mursi Saad El-Din