In her column, Amal Ghandour ruminates on Lebanese poet Nadia Tueni and the director who filmed her, Maroun Baghdadi.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
In this prize-winning documentary from Iran, resistance is not a single victory, but a long and grueling journey.
28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
Through her photos, Silva reveals the extent of the violence dealt by deep, historic fractures in Palestinian land.
28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
Omar Zahzah demonstrates how Big Tech and social media platforms threaten freedoms and promote violent interests.
28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Maura Finkelstein
Ten years after her death, the legacy of Moroccan sociologist, feminist, and postcolonial thinker Fatima Mernissi is alive.
21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Claudia Mende
In her biweekly column, Amal Ghandour calls out the failures of the Lebanese state and its complacent citizens.
21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Like a classic noir narrative in which morality blurs and truth is slippery, the world today feels increasingly absurd and nihilistic.
In this exclusive short story, a Palestinian aspiring poet in New York City tries to solve an unsolvable mystery.
5 December 2025 • By Omar Khalifah
When Ala Younis came to Abu Dhabi, she learned buildings were torn down and rebuilt in 20-year cycles due to weather conditions.
5 December 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Shira Wolfe's cinematic poetry reads like scenes from a movie, describing a period of her life spent in Belgrade...
1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Shira Wolfe
In "The Years of Blood" a Nigerian poet grapples with the violence of a nation struggling to find peace amid frequent bloodshed.
1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Adedayo Agarau
In her column, Amal Ghandour ruminates on Lebanese poet Nadia Tueni and the director who filmed her, Maroun Baghdadi.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
In her biweekly column, Amal Ghandour calls out the failures of the Lebanese state and its complacent citizens.
21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
In this exclusive short story, a Palestinian aspiring poet in New York City tries to solve an unsolvable mystery.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By OMAR KHALIFAH
FictionIn this dark tale, Tahmina, after running her whole life — from war, exile, and financial hardship — can't stop yet.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By ABDOLLAH NAZARI
FictionThis gritty thriller interweaves multiple perspectives to explore exile, identity, resistance, and the human cost of war.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By MIRNA AL-MAHDI
Playwright Melis Aker makes a compelling argument in favor of shadows — the only cure for a brightly-colored, fast-moving, attention economy.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By MELIS AKER
FictionIn this tautly written short story, Majd Aburrub charts the existential dread — and excruciating boredom — of navigating Israeli checkpoints.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By MAJD ABURRUB
FictionSmall-time criminal Magdy survives a rowdy street fight, an angry brother, and an accidental murder — all in one never-ending day.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By MOHAB AREF
