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Reconciling Ouarzazate with Solar Energy in Our Desert Town

Reconciling Ouarzazate with Solar Energy in Our Desert Town

As a solar power plant overtakes a Moroccan desert town, reconfiguring its visual and territorial makeup, there are...

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Brahim El Guabli
Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit

Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit

Gaza's professional para-cycling team for amputee athletes rise above Gaza's darkest days through determination and excellence in sport.

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Days of Oranges—Libya’s Thawra

Days of Oranges—Libya’s Thawra

Yesmine Abida recalls the end of her family's time in Tripoli and the beginning of a life without...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Yesmine Abida
Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates

Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates

Rana Asfour on the UAE's intervention solutions for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings rooted in the city.

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Rana Asfour
In Praise of Khaled Khalifa—Friend, Artist, Humanist

In Praise of Khaled Khalifa—Friend, Artist, Humanist

Robin Yassin-Kassab pays tribute to late Syrian writer and humanist Khaled Khalifa, who died at the age of...

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Robin Yassin-Kassab
The Vanishing of the Public Intellectual

The Vanishing of the Public Intellectual

Public intellectuals no longer exist, argues Moustafa Bayoumi; they have been usurped by "influencers."

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Moustafa Bayoumi
Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Political Prisoner and Public Intellectual

Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Political Prisoner and Public Intellectual

Yasmine Al Rashidi on writer-thinker Alaa Abdel Fattah who advocates for the rights of those without platforms to...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Yasmine El Rashidi
Donkeys and Mules—Motors of the High Atlas Mountains

Donkeys and Mules—Motors of the High Atlas Mountains

Aomar Boom describes the centrality of donkeys and mules to life in the unforgiving earthquake-shattered terrain of the...

25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Aomar Boum
London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

Selma Dabbagh's run through a London cemetery proves to be valuable fodder for the creative inspiration the writer...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Selma Dabbagh
They and I, in Budapest

They and I, in Budapest

An Egyptian student in Budapest wakes up each morning to embody a new character, conquer language barriers and...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Nadine Yasser
A Day in the Life of a Saturday Market Trawler in Cairo

A Day in the Life of a Saturday Market Trawler in Cairo

Karoline Kamel captures the enchantment of Egypt's flea markets where a nostalgic encounter with a Barbie doll fulfilled...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Karoline Kamel
Newly Re-Opened, Beirut’s Sursock Museum is a Survivor

Newly Re-Opened, Beirut’s Sursock Museum is a Survivor

Arie Amaya-Akkermans recounts the history of Beirut's museum, with its multiple destructions and resurrections.

12 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
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