The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Tria Giovan’s thoughtful portrait of Cuba in the 1990s
2017
Sword (Saif) with Scabbard
1701
Havana Art Deco (8880280151)
Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription
-900
Part of Lamp or Incense Burner Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
900
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Bracelet with Snake-Head Endings and Arabic Inscription, One of a Pair
1400
Long-Handled Spoon Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1000
Finial with Arabic Inscription"Ya, Da'im" ("Oh, Everlasting!")
1600
Rice Server Inscribed in Arabic with Good Wishes
1100
Candlestick with Horsemen and Arabic Inscriptions Conveying Good Wishes and Blessings Upon the Sultan
1200
Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
Photography: Catherine Losing and Anna Lomax celebrate Cuban shop windows
2014
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
Photographer Carlos Jaramillo captures the pigeon racers of Cuba
2016
Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
Gabriel Sanchez paints the strength, hope and vulnerability of Cuban youth
2022
Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
A photographic series documenting the Korean communities of Mexico and Cuba
2018
The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
Thomas Pratt photographs youth and music in Santiago de Cuba
2017
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Photographer Joshua Osborne takes a closer look at Havana’s male subcultures
2017
Olivia Schenker documents sexual freedom in Cuban LGBTQ+ communities
2018
“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
Olly Burn documents a beautifully dilapidated symbol of hope in Cuba
2013
Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
Globe-trotting photographer Théo de Gueltzl's view of Cuba
2017
Régis Tosetti and François Rappo tell us about Havana's design scene in 2017
2017
A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
Avoiding clichés, Sophie Wedgwood turns her lens on Havana
2020
A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Brad Ogbonna's photography captures the colour and spirit of Cuba
2015
Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
Rosanna Webster and Phoebe Henry’s cinematic portrait of Cuba
2017
Photographer Rose Marie Cromwell's unconventional look at Havana
2017
The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012