Slideshows

There's no such thing as too much talent in the Arab world as MBC begins the hunt for the new Haifa.

What sets Dounia TV coverage apart from other revolution news from Syria? For some audiences, this state-friendly TV channel is transmitting is a very real representation of the Syrian revolution. Not technically a Syrian state-owned TV station, it is about as close to the Assad regime as it gets. While bombs explode and gunfire spatters across screen, Dounia journalists are reporting ‘all clear.’ These news broadcasts, alongside conspiracy theories of Barcelona football players using their passes to send messages to the Syrian opposition, has made Dounia an object of ridicule.

Palestinians use graffiti to express themselves when other tools are censored and they feel barricaded in by the Israeli Occupation. The very walls that confine them, also act as a conduit for their free speech. We take a look at the most recent raw street art exhibits coming to a street near you in Palestine, courtesy of journalist Lena Odgaard.

Transfer deadline day has come and done and, at midnight 31st August, we knew which football prize player was traded off to which lucky team. The top ten transfers as they were sealed on transfer day.

The Middle East's internet crackdown: For Arabs those wild days of internet freedom to blog boldly may be counted. As we write, countries in the region are clamping down on their citizen's right to surf with abandon as they introduce laws to censor and curb their online enthusiasm.

As the Arab Spring's rallying cry for change seems to have been answered with Islamist power-takers, we look at how the Arab world has responded, particularly over the last couple of weeks. Was the clean sweep of Islamist governments what the Arab people wanted? Arabs seem to be fighting back with a resurgence of protests, and an Islamist backlash. The people are generally unhappy with the free-for-all chaos of unbridled Salafi mayhem and destruction that has arisen in the power vacuum left by non-Islamic dictators.

Bahraini artist Mohammed Kanoo shows us his amazing collection of Western stars dressed in traditional Arab clothes.

We take you through the exclusive interviews, the magical concerts and those slackers that took time off.

The Middle East region presents varying challenges to these Ramadan victims, who are either not required to partake or who chose to opt out of their religious obligations. Here is Al Bawaba's cross-section of the Arab world's various approaches toward Ramadan - from the strictest to the more lenient and free-fasting.

Our panel of Arab and Middle East Olympic medal achievements from London 2012. See which Arab athlete defied the odds, broke records or fell short in his game.