Lebanon is a quiet, at times ominous, presence in A Sad and Beautiful World, an unexpected and moving...
5 JUNE 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
A translator reflects upon cultural parallels and the many dimensions of an anthology written by and about Jordanian...
29 MAY 2026 • By Addie Leak
The Library of Arabic Literature was forced to shutter, ending a vital injection of Arabic into the bloodstream...
29 MAY 2026 • By Chip Rossetti
In her latest column, Amal Ghandour keeps a ledger of Israeli atrocities, and ponders a possible moral reckoning.
29 MAY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
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An otherwise daring stage production falters when it comes to depictions — clichéd and outdated — of the...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
