Bharatanatyam for Gaza: Aranyani Bhargav's 'Lori' Raises Funds for Children

Palestinian actor says he can’t attend Oscars because of US travel ban

Motaz Malhees is an actor in The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about a Palestinian girl killed by the IDF in Gaza in 2024Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees said a travel ban imposed by Donald Trump is preventing him from attending Sunday’s Academy Awards, whose nominees include a movie in which he has a starring role.The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in 2024, has been nominated for…

'So powerful' - Young performers raise £20,000 for aid in Ukraine

Young performers from Odiham have come together to raise more than £20,000 to support humanitarian aid for Ukraine.

Giant portrait of Gaza girl Hind Rajab appears on beach ahead of Oscars

The 5-year-old is the focus of The Voice of Hind Rajab, which has been nominated for best international film

How ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Producers Helped the Subject’s Family Evacuate Gaza After the Film’s Venice Premiere

“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Kaouther Ben Hania’s powerful and moving docudrama about the 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli forces in 2024 while trying to flee Gaza, heads into the Oscars this weekend as a best international film nominee. The feature has amassed big name supporters from around the world, including Alejando González Iñárritu, Fernanda Torres, Jessie Buckley, Alfonso Cuaron, Brad Pitt, Spike Lee and many others…

Syria's Mobile Cultural Bus: Championing Cultural Justice, Delivering Art and Literature to Children of War

The Cultural Bus arrives to great excitement in the Al-Azraq camp in northern Syria. Credit: Sonia Al Ali/IPSBy Sonia Al AliAL-AZRAQ, SYRIA, Mar 13 2026 (IPS) In the Al-Azraq camp in northern Syria, 10-year-old Abeer Al-Qaddour sits, browsing a colourful book with intense focus and curiosity. Nearby stands a bus, elegantly inscribed with the words ‘The Cultural Bus’. Around the vehicle, dozens of children have gathered with visible joy, engaging…

Docu-drama uses real recordings to speak to horror of war

Both Gaza and Israel have humanitarian aid societies that are members of the International Red Cross. Gaza, like the West Bank and much of the Arab world, has the Red […]