In this excerpt of the banned Jordanian novel "Laila," introduced by Rana Asfour and translated by Hajer Almosleh,...
14 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Fadi Zaghmout
Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.
10 JANUARY 2022 • By Rana Asfour
A family tragedy (we all have them), powerful forms of devotion and love, and a common political approach...
27 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in...
29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching...
29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Asfour
British-Syrian novelist Rana Haddad compares her experience growing up in Syria with the way people beyond Syria's borders...
29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Haddad
Despite its repressive regimes, Saudi Arabia has produced a number of world-class novelists — several of whom have...
22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Asfour
Jordan Elgrably Imagine, if you will, being put on trial for publishing poems and stories extolling the...
4 OCTOBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
The author of The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel's New Others contrasts American white supremacy with Israeli Jewish...
1 AUGUST 2021 • By Mya Guarnieri
Jenine Abboushi reviews the recent anthology of essays on socialism in the context of Palestinian resistance.
6 JUNE 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Rana Haddad interviews Istanbullu novelist Nektaria Anastasiadou about the little-known Rum community of Istanbul featured in her new...
21 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Rana Haddad
Arab/Muslim countries of the Middle East and North Africa have largely failed to fight racism and discrimination against...
15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By TMR
