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
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
An Egyptian student in Budapest wakes up each morning to embody a new character, conquer language barriers and...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Nadine Yasser
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
Arie Amaya-Akkermans recounts the history of Beirut's museum, with its multiple destructions and resurrections.
12 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Writer-photographer Ara Oshagan mediates on the borders between North and South Korea and the blockaded enclave of Artsakh.
17 APRIL 2023 • By Ara Oshagan
Malu Halasa surveys the legacy of Al Saqi while also lamenting the end of Banipal Magazine and the...
16 JANUARY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Maisan Hamdan, a single Palestinian woman, attempts to survive in Berlin without a cell phone.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Maisan Hamdan
A writer born into both Arabic and Hebrew linguistic traditions finds herself writing in English but longing for...
11 JULY 2022 • By Ayelet Tsabari
Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.
11 APRIL 2022 • By Deborah Kapchan
Iason Athanasiadis paints the portrait of Bahoz, a stateless Kurd who will keep fighting to become accepted for...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
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
