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Tripoli, Lebanon's second largest city, is often forgotten as a national centre of creative expression. With many cultural sites in a derelict state, one organisation has sought to restore the city to its rightful place as a bustling creative hub.
Sustained periods of drought have ravaged much of northern Iraq's ecosystem. But in a stunning recent excavation, archaeologists discovered a 3400-year-old city previously submerged underwater, that was once the epicentre of the Mittani Empire.
As part of Halabja's artistic revival, a collective of 13 Kurdish artists put on a showcase at Portsmouth Cathedral to celebrate Halabja art and culture and highlight how Halabja was and is more than just a 1988 chemical attack.
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After the existential peril of the 2014 Yazidi genocide, some within the community have turned to art to document their trauma, as well as creatively express their aesthetic political resistance and continued endurance for the generations to come.