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Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Forgotten offers a profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time.

4 JULY 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa—a Review

The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa—a Review

A tale set in the near-future exploring the world of banned books, repressed imaginations, dreams, and desires.

4 JULY 2025 • By Rana Asfour
In Nasser Rabah’s Poetry تقول القصيدة كلمتها

In Nasser Rabah’s Poetry تقول القصيدة كلمتها

Nasser Rabah and other poets of Gaza are still writing — still sending their poems to us, because...

4 JULY 2025 • By Eman Quotah
“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

Graphic novels out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and rebellion against European colonialism.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Aomar Boum
The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club — Review

The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club — Review

Sepideh Gholian's book demonstrates that freedom, even in confinement, is a state of mind, where choosing life is...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Hannah Kaviani
An Intimate History of Violence: Beirut Under Siege in Nejmeh Khalil Habib’s A Spring that Did Not Blossom 

An Intimate History of Violence: Beirut Under Siege in Nejmeh Khalil Habib’s A Spring that Did Not Blossom 

Nejmeh Khalil Habib's latest teaches us that while there are and will always be survivors of horrors, the...

30 MAY 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
The End of Civilization as We Know It — a Catastrophology

The End of Civilization as We Know It — a Catastrophology

A review of how some of history’s greatest civilizations' collapse presents ominous parallels with our present predicament.

23 MAY 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Algerian-French Author Kamel Daoud on the Defensive

Algerian-French Author Kamel Daoud on the Defensive

Embattled Algerian-French author Kamel Daoud won France’s most prestigious literary prize for a story he is accused of...

16 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

May 15, 2025 is the 77th commemoration of the Nakba, the day in 1948 that Palestinians suffered their...

15 MAY 2025 • By TMR
A World in Crisis: Deep Vellum’s Best Literary Translations 2025

A World in Crisis: Deep Vellum’s Best Literary Translations 2025

This anthology, while celebrating last year's best literary translations, aims to highlight writing from and about a world...

9 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home

Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home

Djinns emerge in a fractured home in Istanbul, reflecting the intercultural and intergenerational tensions in Fatma Aydemir’s family...

9 MAY 2025 • By Elena Pare
“Return to Ramallah,” an excerpt from Too Soon by Betty Shamieh

“Return to Ramallah,” an excerpt from Too Soon by Betty Shamieh

Shamieh's novel invites the audience to reflect on notions of home and the multifaceted nature of belonging.

2 MAY 2025 • By Betty Shamieh
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