They may both begin with C, writes Samir Farid, but then so does codswallop

Marriage, virtue, honour: Mohamed El-Assyouti watches yet another romantic merry-go-rounds

While the Sassanids are perhaps best known for their defeat at the hands of Arab forces in 642 CE, a new exhibition reveals more about their empire than its sudden final collapse, writes David Tresilian in Paris

Amal Choucri Catta is disturbed by dissonance

By Mursi Saad El-Din