This excerpt from Play the Game by French-Algerian author Fatima Daas explores what it means to grow up...
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An artist watching starvation in Gaza from afar befriends a fox in Abu Dhabi. Nature, the destroyer, also...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Noura Ali-Ramahi
A book list that explores the many shades of friendship: From heartwarming connections to tumultuous trials and redemptive...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Sara Hamdan's debut novel finds genuine humor in the complexities of Arab-American identity and friendships.
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Natasha Tynes
A writer confronts the harsh reality of performative acceptance versus true solidarity as her community's struggles become inconvenient.
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Christina Adranly
In the midst of a busy press tour for her second novel, French literary sensation Fatima Daas took...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
This excerpt from Ahmed El-Fakharani's latest novel questions whether virtual friendships are real or simply a facade masking...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Ahmed El Fakharany
A reflective short story that explores friendships, longing, and nostalgia for home.
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Aya Chalabee
The Israeli army’s siege of Tulkarm prompts one writer to bear witness to the brutal consequences of conquest...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Thoth
Two Lebanese men who knew each other in childhood meet. Before they can become lovers, they must first...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Youssef Manessa
A Christian woman in solitary confinement in a Pakistani prison is recognized as a voice of reason, even...
5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Farah Ahamed
A drink at a pub, a conversation about psychoanalysis, madness, despair and pain—an encounter.
5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Ayça Çubukçu
