Tunis’ ancient citadel is threatened by climate change and incompetence but could also offer solutions to hotter, wetter conditions.
23 OCTOBER 2026 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Israel's strategy in Lebanon’s south is less a new military design than an "old and improved" version of its national security concept.
23 OCTOBER 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Belal Fadl offers an unromantic portrait of Cairo’s urban poor in The Completely True Tales of Um Mimi and Sharawi the Adulterer.
23 OCTOBER 2026 • By Salma Harland
A woman returns to post-Assad Syria to discover whether the home she has carried with her still exists.
16 OCTOBER 2026 • By Anas Tareef
A young Kurdish writer grapples with what it means to exist outside the politics of appeal and visibility.
7 August, 2026 • By Aline Jabbari
A Palestinian teacher remembers the sister who taught her the passive voice, not knowing that grammar would be used to…
10 July, 2026 • By Hanan Habashi
A writer returns to her homeland — Lebanon — after years abroad, tracing the fault lines between memory and ruin.
19 June, 2026 • By Lara Atallah
A woman returns to post-Assad Syria to discover whether the home she has carried with her still exists.
16 October, 2026 • By Anas Tareef
In this first-place winner of the Azhar Short Story Prize, a caretaker lives in the shadow of an uncertain return.
16 October, 2026 • By Natalia Boumatar
A grief-stricken man returns to his hometown and reckons with his relationship to faith, community, and love.
18 September, 2026 • By Barâa Arar
Belal Fadl offers an unromantic portrait of Cairo’s urban poor in The Completely True Tales of Um Mimi and Sharawi…
23 October, 2026 • By Salma Harland
In Ibtisam Azem's new novel, absurdity becomes the only way to explore the current Palestinian condition.
16 October, 2026 • By Ilham Essalih
Poet Fady Joudah refuses the familiar grammar of witnessing, rendering Palestinian life as a living archive of intimacy and agency.
2 October, 2026 • By Issam Zineh
In Algeria, singer-songwriter Amel Zen and the group Iwal write and perform in their indigenous Dahri and Chaoui.
24 April, 2026 • By Sana Herireche
In Egypt where nationalist anthems are weaponized and satire becomes grounds for persecution, Taraddud stands as an act of survival.
17 October, 2025 • By Salma Harland
Rana Asfour talks to Syrian-born and raised qanunist Maya Youssef, who now lives and teaches in the UK.
22 May, 2023 • By Rana Asfour
A new podcast asks: how does a seemingly ordinary person come to accommodate herself to extraordinary evil?
2 October, 2026 • By Anas Tareef
Dima el-Horr's latest documentary offers a rarely-seen side of Beirut's Corniche.
14 August, 2026 • By Amelia Izmanki
A series set against the Saudi desert and city frames marginalized individuals in absurd situations as heroes.
31 July, 2026 • By Mira Minkara
The author of "Remnants" reflects on his short story, the craft of writing, and the idea of return.
16 October, 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
The International Booker longlisted author on writing through uncertainty, the limits of fiction, and the quiet of the page.
16 October, 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
A psychoanalyst talks about the psychic terrain of struggle and the making of her new book, From the Clinic to…
2 October, 2026 • By Sarah Aziza
