At a small community centre in the heart of the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, Syrian theatre director Bassem watches on proudly as a group of young refugees and locals act out emotional scenes of ...

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Musalsalat, Syrian dramatic miniseries, have long been a medium for bold socio-political commentary in the Middle East. This ...

A new musical theatre production, “The Rose of Seville: The Bride’s Crown,” opened this week at the Damascus Opera House, ...

The mass arrival of Syrian refugees and other migrants in Germany in 2015-2016 has helped fuel support for the AfD, which is forecast to emerge as one of the biggest parties in Germany's election.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. There are certain events in the foreign policy realm that simply take the breath away. The scenes from Damascus, Syria on the 8th of December, ...

There are plenty of TV and film production centres in the Middle East, notably Cairo and today’s Dubai. Both have invested millions of dollars to ensure that their facilities are ‘state of the art’ ...

Amid the familiar bustle of daily life in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp, something out of the ordinary is taking place in a dusty yard outside one of the many thousands of shelters. A dozen or so ...

A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. DAMASCUS — A ...

US director Todd Haynes is the head of the jury at the 75th Berlinale film festival German director Tom Tykwer will open the Berlin film festival Thursday with a drama about a Syrian housekeeper, in ...

German director Tom Tykwer said Thursday that his latest movie about a Syrian immigrant aimed to encourage people to stop "isolating" themselves, as it opened Berlin's international film festival.