Hiwa K's work fundamentally interrogates the position of the artist, formal education systems and the resonances, both literally and aurally, of historical events. In this far ranging conversation between the artist, Anthony Downey and Amal Khalaf, Hiwa reflects upon his most recent work The Bell (2007–2015) and previous performances, highlighting how his use of sound produces performative acts and explaining how he utilizes humour to reinvigorate the friction of reality.

Samah Hijawi talks to Rasha Salti and Kristine Khouri about Past Disquiet: Narratives and Ghosts from the International Exhibition for Palestine 1978, which opened at MACBA Barcelona in February 2015.

Lina Majdalanie (previously known as Lina Saneh) talks about the concepts of 'East' and 'West' as dichotomies around which various elements of performance are situated.

Where are the Arabs? (2009) points at a particular moment in the 1960s when there was hope for the Arab nations to unify and counter the effects of colonialism and its culmination in the occupation of Palestine.

To accompany an interview with Basak Senova, Almagul Menlibayeva presents a video excerpt of a work presented as part of The Union of Fire and Water, a collateral event for the 56th Venice Biennale.

In this essay, Todd Reisz extracts the histories, both real and fictional, of Dubai's Aladdin City, a development project launched in February 2015.

Kate Sutton reviews the 56th Venice Biennale, All the World's Futures, curated by Okwui Enwezor.

Stephanie Bailey reviews the 5th Thessaloniki Biennale's central exhibition Between the Pessimism of the Intellect and the Optimism of the Will, curated by Katerina Gregos.

Kareem Estefan reviews Accented, a recent exhibition at the Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, featuring the work of artists including Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jaret Vadera, GCC and Farah Al Qasimi, among others.

Aaron Cezar discusses A Prologue to the Past and Present State of Things, part of the launch of Delfina Foundation's new research and commissioning platform Staging Histories.

A Tress of Hair is based on two short stories written by the nineteenth century French writer Guy de Maupassant. When fused together, these two stories become an allegorical cycle of waste.

Wael Shawky recites verse from surat Al-Baqara in the Qur'an (verses 40 to 123) in Bent Jbeil's old centre amidst the rubble from the Israeli assault on Lebanon in the summer of 2006.