Arts And Culture
Eight insects in a jar: the poems Hawla Riza wrote for her father
An indie legend’s daughter who found her art in grief.
6 hours ago
A glimpse of Maldives Expo 2026 before it closes
Seven districts, 4,434 entries and one plate of loose beads.
31 Oct, 15:18
The curious windows of Malé
Helmeted mannequins, suitcase torsos and other accidental theatre.
24 Oct, 20:58
'Pause and look a little longer': GMB Akash's Ember in Malé
Thirty years of photography holds up a mirror to the city.
03 Oct, 13:03
The last of Malé's old market
Photographs from 2021, before the road widened and the stalls moved.
12 Sep, 17:19
Ocean Junk Reimagined: a field guide to the reef that replaces us
Inside Afzal Shafiu’s gallery of impossible fish, assembled from collected waste.
05 Sep, 18:19
A million plays later, is Pest’s L2 any good?
In patches, yes, and rarely the patches the crowd picked.
29 Aug, 17:26
The lingering ghosts of Maldives
Why fear runs through our folklore and what it was for.
15 Aug, 15:07
The clothes we left behind
Libaas and feyli left everyday life. Three Maldivians never stopped wearing them.
08 Aug, 13:32
Scenes from Hulhumalé, before the last sand fills in
The island built to escape Malé is inheriting its congestion.
01 Aug, 11:13
Nine songs, one city: Huvan's Mithan tracks a generation
A quintessential Malé album made by a band of the 2020s.
25 Jul, 11:50
Uprooted
A memoir of migration and the emptying of Maldivian islands.
18 Jul, 11:47
Hulhangu, by Little Faratas n Monkey – an album that changed everything
A look back at a record that altered modern Maldivian music.
27 Jun, 15:00
Scenes from Malé’s sanctuary suburb, before the bridge
The Thilamalé Bridge will soon connect the placid island of Villingili to the chaos of the capital
20 Jun, 16:40
Preserving paradise: Mauroof Jameel exhibits early Maldivian resort architecture
Esteemed architect showcases the disappearing designs that introduced the modern Maldives to the world.
06 Jun, 16:14
Tea and crabs with Raadh Thoriq Ibrahim
An animator, a comic, and a long detour through Trivandrum's printers.
30 May, 10:19
City limits: capturing Malé’s inspiring capacity
Photographer Jauson Lomo explores the teeming life struggling to be contained within the Maldives’ cramped island capital.
25 Apr, 15:27
In the midst of a thought: revisiting The Bird and the Flying Fish
Huda’s abstract work reaffirms the authority of the human hand in an age of AI.
14 Feb, 18:12
Fiction: On the virtues of route 8
"Not music, but rhythm."
07 Feb, 16:53
To the makers of Dhoadhi – give them their flowers
Premiere night responses from industry veterans and first-time viewers.
31 Jan, 14:44
