This month Ibraaz celebrates its fifth year of production, having launched in June 2011 as an online platform for producing critical forms of knowledge about visual cultures relating to and emanating from North Africa and the Middle East. To celebrate, we are pleased to publish a one-off anniversary reader featuring our most read content from June 2011 to June 2016. This includes essays, interviews, projects, and reviews by contributors including Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Tara Aghdashloo, Laura Allsop, Nahrain Al-Mousawi, Monira Al Qadiri, Stephanie Bailey, Sheyma Buali, Anthony Downey, Hans Haacke, Francesco Jodice, Evangeline Kim, Daniella Rose King, Timo Nasseri, Walter D. Mignolo, Rabih Mroué, Nat Muller, Saverio Pesapane, Mark R. Westmoreland, Raed Yassin, Mohanad Yaqubi, and Akram Zaatari.