A writer's journeys, spiritual and physical, lead to a winding exploration of how to live beyond religious strictures...
22 MAY 2026 • By Sheana Ochoa
A prize-winning memoir brings alive three generations of diasporic Palestinians, from Gaza to New York City and back.
22 MAY 2026 • By N.S. Ahmed
A dark political satire draws heavily on Fanon's writing but shifts the focus from abstract revolution to lived...
22 MAY 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
The ghostly presence of the Nakba casts an ominous shadow over this newly translated novel by a former...
15 MAY 2026 • By Francesca Vawdrey
In this ode of sorts, a Lebanese writer wonders: how can love for Palestine, and yearning, still puzzle...
15 MAY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
An otherwise daring stage production falters when it comes to depictions — clichéd and outdated — of the...
15 MAY 2026 • By Georgina Van Welie
This gothic short story is set on the island of Unguja in Tanzania, where an idyllic house hides...
8 MAY 2026 • By Rebecca Lloyd
In a house shaped by war, a child’s question about a mysterious plant opens onto something far more...
8 MAY 2026 • By Erfan Mojib
The relationship between a lonely man and his eccentric cleaner blurs into something more intimate and ambiguous.
8 MAY 2026 • By Nur Turkmani
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 her biweekly column, following Israel's Black Wednesday massacres, Amal Ghandour mulls the future of Lebanon.
24 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
For this final iteration of the column before it goes on hiatus, Souseh writes a letter to herself.
24 APRIL 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
