Two new poems by Kurdish translator and poet Selîm Temo are presented in English translation for the first...
7 AUGUST 2026 • By Selîm Temo
A poetry collection by a transformative Turkish voice explores questions of gender, queer desire, memory, and belonging.
31 JULY 2026 • By Efe Murad
A series set against the Saudi desert and city frames marginalized individuals in absurd situations as heroes.
31 JULY 2026 • By Mira Minkara
Sinan Antoon’s self-translated novel explores the different ways memory unfolds in exile but offers no closure.
31 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
A writer stands her ground, in response to criticisms of her column, "recklessly" simplifying a fraught discourse.
24 JULY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
The true "serpent" of this novel, set against the shifting social landscape of contemporary Pakistan, may be its...
24 JULY 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
The Metropolis Cinema in Beirut celebrates twenty years of showing indie cinema, surviving multiple crises.
24 JULY 2026 • By Jim Quilty
Kali Rubaii explores how Iraqi farmers endure despite U.S. military intervention, as they repair their war-damaged homeland.
17 JULY 2026 • By Nazli Tarzi
A new book catalogues the architecture of Israeli military violence and displacement that have made Gaza unliveable.
17 JULY 2026 • By Selma Dabbagh
At a family holiday, a father's death and the birth of a child collapse time and challenge faith...
17 JULY 2026 • By Nezar Andary
A conversation between writers unfolds into a meditation on exile, memory, and how history inhabits our most private...
10 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
A columnist turns her keen eye to the almost absurd evolution of the framework hammered out between Lebanon...
10 JULY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour