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Culture Categories Menu Show — Culture Categories Menu Hide — Culture Categories Menu Art Film, TV & Music History Cultural Heritage History Live Story Baghdad's 'Agatha Christie House' and Iraq's vanishing past A crumbling Baghdad house linked to uncertain claims about author Agatha Christie now sits at the centre of debates over war, myth, and cultural erasure Tanya Goudsouzian and Ibrahim al-Marashi 08 May, 2026 Sara Ishaq's The Station: A powerful ode to Yemen's women Cannes Film Festival 2026 MENA lineup: Films of war and exile Inside Gaza's race to save ancient manuscripts from Israel's war Ramzi Mallat's Leighton House installation confronts Orientalism Art Berlin exhibition exposes horrors of Syria's Sednaya prison Ramzi Mallat's Leighton House installation confronts Orientalism Dia al-Azzawi on his Excursion Across Time London exhibition Arab World Institute Paris traces 11 millennia of Byblos history More Art Film, TV & Music 'A survival story': Laïla Marrakchi on her film Strawberries Sara Ishaq's The Station: A powerful ode to Yemen's women Survival against the odds explored in Living Twice, Dying Thrice Proper Ladies: School chaos, satire, & sisterhood in full swing More Film, TV & Music History Baghdad's 'Agatha Christie House' and Iraq's vanishing past Inside Gaza's race to save ancient manuscripts from Israel's war US‑Israel war on Iran threatens millennia of MENA civilisation Echoes of exile: The soul of Al-Andalus lives on in North Africa More History
