It was 2017 and, while performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with my then drag troupe, Denim, I’d decided to honour my ...

Drag has been so healing for me because it has allowed me to rewrite the narratives this country and industry have forced on ...

Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking ...

Six out of the eight Best International Feature submissions from Arab countries are directed by women, each having won awards at major festivals. While its submission process certainly has its faults, ...

In “The Nutcracker,” when Clara is entertained by a trio of divertissements (diversions) in the Land of Sweets, dances from around the world — the “Arabian Dance,” “Chinese Dance” and “Russian Dance” ...

Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36 debuted at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this fall to a 15-minute standing ovation — the longest in the festival’s history. The historical drama is the only feature ...

Look for Arab cinema and lots of docs at festivals this week. First up is the always impressively programmed Arab Film Festival, presented by the San Francisco-based Arab Film and Media Institute, ...

A 30-minute montage of century-old newsreels stands as one of the more emotional film experiences I’ve had this year. Photo: Imperial War Museums, London “When we talk of this as a place of ...

Georges Khabbaz stars alongside German film legend Hanna Schygulla in Ameer Fakher Eldin’s melancholic drama about an exiled Syrian writer who travels to a North Sea island, contemplating suicide. By ...

Sign up to get Matt Kettmann’s Full Belly Files, which serves up multiple courses of food & drink coverage every Friday, going off-menu from our regularly published ...

Malala Yousafzai, the UC Davis Chancellor's Colloquium Speaker, will appear at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in November. (Courtesy photo) The University of California, Davis, Robert and ...