The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City
2016
Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes
2022
Short film studies self expression via fashion and cross-dressing in Pakistan
2014
Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling
2013
Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations
2022
Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move
2025
The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine
2021
Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region
2022
Magnificent retelling of Arabian Nights from the brilliant Noa Snir
2013
Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots
2025
Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts
2020
Ryan O’Toole Collett’s portrait series in Kenya bridges the gap between photographer and subject
2018
Ike Edeani records the moments in between during a trip to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
2016
Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa
2026
Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”
2020
Mohamad Abdouni on documenting an “important time in Arab queer culture”
2018
Photography: Osma Harvilahti turns his camera on Kenya with extraordinary results
2013
Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design
2026
Graphic Design: Peruvian Gabriela Maskrey delights us again with art show catalogue
2014
Turbo’s identity for the Lesser Amman Library is a masterclass in the potential of Arabic type
2019
We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world
2020
Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design
2022
Kenya Parry Josiah’s folk-inspired artworks create a joyful space for Black women
2023
Ceramic artist Nehal Aamir decorates her work with the visuals of Pakistani trucks and Islamic art
2021
James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music
2026
Active Arab Women: Lara Al-Hadeedi records the determination of sporting Kuwaiti women
2016
“What if Warhol was Pakistani?”: artist Amna Asghar explores her Muslim American identity
2017
Architect’s draftsman turned illustrator: Daniel Lima’s colourful version of reality
2017
Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities
2026
Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
Arabic and Latin typography don’t have to mimic each other to be harmonious says Montasser Drissi
2019
The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic
2024
Brilliant Lacombe sisters' show Hey'Ya featuring Arab sportswomen opens in London
2012
Move over Katy Perry, it’s all about the burkinis on top in Maria Mahfooz’s Pakistani Gurls
2020
From London to Lahore, Tami and Tony Aftab collaborate on a photobook-meets-cookbook that honours family cooking
2023
“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture
2021
Photographer Sophie Green lenses Kenyan communities for charity Just A Drop
2018
Alejandro Chaskielberg's powerful nocturnal pictures of Kenyan villages
2012
Photography: James Chororos enchants with his photographs of Peru
2013
FT.WA is a creative collective bridging British and Pakistani culture, expressing a clash of traditions
2021
Photography: Daniel Ali's honest images show a very different side of Karachi
2013
Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots
2024
What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders
2021
From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold
2021
Drifting SUVs in the Arabian desert: Peter Garritano explores the world of hajwalah
2016
Hussein Alazaat on children’s books from the 60s-90s and why they demonstrate the “highest peak of Arabic book-making history”
2022
Kennedy Mirema’s creative direction shines a light on Kenya’s cultural richness
2024
“The key is irregularity”: This Arabic font is made to accommodate dyslexic readers
2024
Preserving Syrian design history and graphics in the Arab world: Meet the Syrian Design Archive
2021
Chantal Jahchan explores the Arabic type design landscape and concepts of modernity in En Route
2018
In her new project, Misha Japanwala reframes shamelessness in Pakistan
2023
Graphic designer Lana Soufeh goes back to her roots in a creative exploration of Arabic type-led design
2021
Templo use typography to evoke the geology of Kenya in its Venice Biennale identity
2025
Luxury culinary branding from Peruvian designer Gabriela Maskrey
2015