Explore the Middle East

Religious tolerance amid the skyscrapers.

Interrogated and jailed for changing his faith, Medhi tells his story.

Hassan tells how changing his belief is perceived as a threat to Iran’s national security.

Iran’s spies infiltrated my friends and family. Dabrina reports the grim consequences.

Iran’s persecution drives its Christians here. This is their story.

Archbishop Angaelos, the leader of the Coptic Church in the UK, is one of the most respected and recognisable Christian leaders in the UK and around the world. He shares his journey and that of the Middle East's largest church in conversation with Belle Tindall and Graham Tomlin.

Returning plastic surgeon Tim Goodacre reports on the struggles, the despair and the dignity of the people and the medics of Gaza during their long nightmare.

Belle Tindal meets Dabrina, an Iranian contemporary, and compares their experience of living – from cars to believing.

Cairo's Church of the Zabballeen is the largest Church, and one of the most unusual in the Middle East. Graham Tomlin tells its story and that of the remarkable priest who inspired it.

Amid continuing despair around the Israel-Hamas war, former diplomat Todd Deatherage shares the practices of the peacemaker.

With its Christmas displays cancelled, Bethlehem resident Christy Anastas writes about a bleak future for its Christian Palestinian community.

Some of the supposed solutions to the Israel – Hamas conflict, may not be the end of it. Graham Tomlin explores what’s on offer and the need for a newly imagined form of politics.