Arts & Culture
Taiwan’s digital generation losing touch with alphabet
When China decided to move to a simplified version of written Mandarin, Taiwan failed to follow suit. Its people continue to...
Anatomy of a revolution through art
As the war in Syria enters its fifth year, millions of homes have been destroyed and almost half of...
Blasphemy at the opera in Siberia
NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia — Boris Mezdrich sits before a large desk in the spacious director’s office of the Opera and...
Following Beethoven’s Ninth
Following Beethoven's Ninth is the story of people whose lives have been transformed, repaired and healed by the message...
A Yazidi artist’s brush with death
Duhok, Iraq - In happier times, Ammar Salim Khidhir dedicated much of his art to children, making larger-than-life statues...
Khalil Gibran for a new generation
The news that Salma Hayek had travelled to Lebanon to launch her co-produced animated feature film Khalil Gibran's The...
Crafting beautiful music in Palestine
Ramallah, occupied West Bank - Shehada Shalalda, 24, is the youngest among the very few luthiers in Palestine. He...
Cuba’s Unfinished Spaces
In 1961, three young, visionary architects were commissioned by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to create Cuba's National Art...
A new season of Viewfinder Latin America
In the upcoming season of Al Jazeera's Viewfinder series we travel across Latin America to bring you stories of...
Cover Story
"In the 90's, covering meant pardessus and a black burqa. Those pardessus were very ugly. They were seen as...
