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The Non-Citizen Gulf Resident Novel: An Emergent Genre?

The Non-Citizen Gulf Resident Novel: An Emergent Genre?

Non-citizen Gulf residents are rarely depicted in media or literature, but two new novels may change all that.

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Gaar Adams
Love and Other Obstacles: When a Palestinian and an Israeli Get Married

Love and Other Obstacles: When a Palestinian and an Israeli Get Married

A romance between an Israeli woman and her Palestinian partner ultimately builds a case for one state where...

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Anna Lekas Miller
On Identity—Ayşegül Savaş’ Long Distance

On Identity—Ayşegül Savaş’ Long Distance

Rome-based filmmaker Amy Omar explores the short stories of a Turkish writer living in Paris who turns cities...

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amy Omar
Myth and Migration in the Work of Dalia Al-Dujaili

Myth and Migration in the Work of Dalia Al-Dujaili

Al-Dujaili shows that crises like migrant detention, colonialism, and climate change connect us and reveal our shared humanity.

6 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Noshin Bokth
10 Books for OUT OF OUR MINDS

10 Books for OUT OF OUR MINDS

A curated collection of fiction and non-fiction exploring the ways political and social unrest impacts mental health in...

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment

Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment

Matt Broomfield's new book explores the history of the Rojava revolution in Syrian Kurdistan as a model for...

11 JULY 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah—a Review

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah—a Review

Gurnah's new novel, "Theft," is a post-colonial exploration of Tanzania, immigration, and the relationship between Africa and the...

9 JULY 2025 • By Philip Grant
Palestine Is Literature: Elias Khoury & Ilan Pappé in Conversation

Palestine Is Literature: Elias Khoury & Ilan Pappé in Conversation

Elias Khoury and Ilan Pappe discuss a mutual line of racism and victimization that runs through the Nakba...

4 JULY 2025 • By Ilan Pappé
Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists

Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists

"Voices of Resistance" stands as a vital work of testimonial literature that refuses to be forgotten, writes Francesca...

4 JULY 2025 • By Francesca Vawdrey
Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

A profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time, by Raja Shehadeh...

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

“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

The graphic novels or bandes dessinées out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and...

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
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