Since the Maidan Revolution the urban facade of the city of Kiev is visibly changing, with large street art murals plastering the city’s walls. While ...

Since the Maidan Revolution the urban facade of the city of Kiev is visibly changing as large street art murals plaster the city’s walls. While new st...

Arabesk is a music genre unique to Turkey - almost as old as the country itself. It was suppressed, then celebrated, and now it's ingrained throughout...

The former Soviet country of Georgia is generating a creative buzz in the global fashion world with a new style dubbed 'post - soviet' design. Soviet ...

Compass goes to Tbilisi to discover Georgia's fashion scene. Dubbed in the media as 'post-soviet' fashion style it's the latest hype in the fashion in...

Compass goes to Lisbon to discover Fado. The music genre was once Portugal's most loved sound until it was hijacked by the fascist regime. But now fad...

Meet Qatar's female artists, who say they've been underestimated by the rest of the world for too long. How are they using their country's emerging cu...

Qatar's cultural revolution is underway, but can traditional societal attitudes keep up? Compass goes to Doha to meet the female filmmakers leading th...

Artists are known for pushing boundaries, but how far can they go when their society is bound by tradition? Qatar is experiencing a cultural revolutio...

"I don't want to build my career on any other people's suffering". Diala Brisly is an artist who was forced to flee Syria, but she says that's only on...