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Two Poems by Selîm Temo

Two Poems by Selîm Temo

Two new poems by Kurdish translator and poet Selîm Temo are presented in English translation for the first...

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Selîm Temo
Birhan Keskin’s Earthly Conditions: Godless Sufism?

Birhan Keskin’s Earthly Conditions: Godless Sufism?

A poetry collection by a transformative Turkish voice explores questions of gender, queer desire, memory, and belonging.

31 JULY 2026 • By Efe Murad
Alkhallat+: More Than a Comedy Series

Alkhallat+: More Than a Comedy Series

A series set against the Saudi desert and city frames marginalized individuals in absurd situations as heroes.

31 JULY 2026 • By Mira Minkara
Memory and Forgetting in Of Loss and Lavender

Memory and Forgetting in Of Loss and Lavender

Sinan Antoon’s self-translated novel explores the different ways memory unfolds in exile but offers no closure.

31 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Where Do People Who Refuse to Belong, Belong?

Where Do People Who Refuse to Belong, Belong?

A writer stands her ground, in response to criticisms of her column, "recklessly" simplifying a fraught discourse.

24 JULY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
The Real Serpent in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s Novel

The Real Serpent in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s Novel

The true "serpent" of this novel, set against the shifting social landscape of contemporary Pakistan, may be its...

24 JULY 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
Metropolis Cinema Celebrates Two Decades in Beirut

Metropolis Cinema Celebrates Two Decades in Beirut

The Metropolis Cinema in Beirut celebrates twenty years of showing indie cinema, surviving multiple crises.

24 JULY 2026 • By Jim Quilty
“Today is Better Than Tomorrow”: Survival in Anbar

“Today is Better Than Tomorrow”: Survival in Anbar

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
Ungrounding: A History of Genocide Written into the Soil

Ungrounding: A History of Genocide Written into the Soil

A new book catalogues the architecture of Israeli military violence and displacement that have made Gaza unliveable.

17 JULY 2026 • By Selma Dabbagh
“Ya’ll Come Back Now”—fiction

“Ya’ll Come Back Now”—fiction

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
The Impossible Return: A Conversation with Tareq Baconi

The Impossible Return: A Conversation with Tareq Baconi

A conversation between writers unfolds into a meditation on exile, memory, and how history inhabits our most private...

10 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Assailed and Abandoned in the Levant

Assailed and Abandoned in the Levant

A columnist turns her keen eye to the almost absurd evolution of the framework hammered out between Lebanon...

10 JULY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
 
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