Artistic Freedom in Russia and Saudi Arabia

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Former Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina is starring in Burning Doors, a new stage production by Belarus Free Theatre, which examines artistic freedom in Russia. Maria and co-director Natalia Kaliada discuss what they wanted to communicate with the production. Also, Iraqi artist Hayv Kahraman describes why the air raid siren used during the first Gulf War is at the centre of her new art installation in San Francisco, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, whose most recent novel is Waking Lions, reflects on a hot debate concerning archaeology in Israel and sisters Noura and Bazma Bouzo explain what it is like to run Saudi Arabia's first art and culture magazine. With Tina Daheley. (Photo: Maria Alyokhina, formerly of Pussy Riot Credit: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/GettyImages)