New Art, Film, Fashion, Music & Palestine Writes
The pandemic is here to stay a while but arts and culture are alive and well, with fresh world picks from Malu Halasa.
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Arab/Muslim Health: We’re All in This Together
A health professional argues for public health policies that benefit both minority and majority communities.
Trump’s “Favorite Dictator” Imprisons Journalists
Trump's "favorite dictator" is Egyptian president Abdefattah el-Sisi, who calls for journalists critical of his regime to be severely punished.
A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead
The novelists and essayists discuss these difficult times, the rise of neo-fascism in India and the U.S., and "What Lies Ahead."
Women Battle for the Soul of America
Columnist Maryam Zar argues that women will define the battle for the soul of the United States, at a time when conservative vs. liberal values literally mean the difference between life and death.
Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign
Novelist and poet Laila Halaby reconciles herself with the neighborhood.
Bahey eldin Hassan, Condemned But Defiant
In 2020, Egypt's dictatorship condemns one of its most stalwart human rights activists to 15 years in prison for something he posted in a tweet.
The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer
The Punishment is a first-person account from an author who considers writers to be "witnesses of history."
Arabs & Race in America through the Short Story Prism
The best writing in "Alligator & Other Stories" starts a different conversation about Arab belonging and assimilation in America, through the prism of Syrian experience.
Artists on the Trump Era
Three American artists, Daliah Ammar, Sandow Birk and Jos Sances, share their work, created during the Trump administration.
How Are You Feeling? Have the Trump Years Been Good to You?
We asked Arab and Iranian Americans how they view the Trump years and which way folks are voting.
Falastin, Sami Tamimi’s “Palestinian Modern”
N.A. Mansour reviews the tantalizing recipes in Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley's new cookbook of Palestinian cuisine.
Why “The Red and the Blue”?
What is an arts publication doing writing about "The Red and the Blue"—colors symbolic of the divisions of a troubled nation?
Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten
A Land Like You gives a palpable sense of a community that could not have imagined its own uprooting out of Egypt.
World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues
Mala Halasa curates art, music, parks and politix from London…