New course: Screenwriting & Directing — learn the fundamentals of dramatic writing and directing with us.

The 45th Sharjah International Book Fair runs 4–15 November at Expo Centre Sharjah, with Oman as this year's Guest of Honour.

Caricature

Pink figures claw their way up a black staircase over one another's backs, while a blue beast waits at the top.

A barefoot man shoulders a red hammer-and-sickle flag through the desert, footprints trailing behind him, wondering where it all led.

Three blindfolded prisoners hold pistols to their own heads, waiting for the signal of a saluting officer.