In November, it might seem odd to run a summer feature on an apparent preserve of the rich and famous. As Mona Anis discovers, however, forward planning places Sardinia within reach

From chinoiserie to japonisme and primitivisme, the European art scene has never been a stranger to influences from abroad, including a 19th-century craze for Islamic art and design, writes David Tresilian in Paris

Rania Khallaf armchair-travels to Chicago

Nehad Selaiha compares a revival of Mikhail Roman's Isis, My Love to a salvage operation

The Amal Film Festival puts independent Arab cinema in the limelight, writes Serene Assir from Santiago de Compostela

The fifth round of Meeting Points, the multi-Arab arts festival, will open on 1 November simultaneously in Alexandria, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Minia, Rabat, Ramallah and Tunis, as well as Berlin and Brussels, writes Engy El-Naggar

By Mursi Saad El-Din