Madonna’s cultural appropriation confirms what a cliche she has become
In their desperation to appear edgy, the only thing artists such as Iggy Azalea and Madonna succeed in doing is flaunting their unoriginality.
A Qur’an theme park in Dubai is likely to please no one
A mini-golf version of religious pilgrimage won’t appease the city’s Arab critics or enhance its reputation as a cultural hub.
Achebe’s anti-colonial novels still relevant today
Novelist Chinua Achebe’s writing has traced the dehumanising effects of the western cultural arrogance still at work today in Iraq and Afghanistan.
