An Iranian writer and translator in the heart of Tehran unexpectedly becomes a cat woman, attached to her...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Farnaz Haeri
When Yahia Lababidi finds a bird egg in a flowerpot on his balcony, he ends up raising generations...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Yahia Lababidi
Historic Palestine has always been a fertile agricultural land, a space of spirituality, and where wine was born...
11 OCTOBER 2024 • By Fadi Kattan
Israel’s war on Gaza and Palestinians in the West Bank has prompted dissent around the world that refuses...
4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Through a conflicted prism, the effect of the year-long war in Gaza on the music and politics of...
4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Stuart Bailie
Honoring the memory of US serviceman Aaron Bushnell, who died for truth and justice in protest of US...
4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Samina Najmi
A bleak and sobering account for those who may still have wanted to believe in the enlightening power...
4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Viola Shafik
Omar Zahzah argues that Meta censors free speech for Palestine because it is a US dominant corporate platform...
6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Omar Zahzah
In Nektaria Anastasiadou's experience, agents, publishers and editors often have peculiar ideas about what constitutes Middle East fiction.
6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Ammiel Alcalay writes of the gatekeepers who have affected every aspect of his writing, cultural, and public life.
6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Ammiel Alcalay
The essence of Palestinian resilience, survival, and resistance is rooted in dispossession, as noted by Dana El Saleh.
16 AUGUST 2024 • By Dana El Saleh
To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Selim Temo's "Nightlands," we present an introductory essay and two poems from...
9 AUGUST 2024 • By Zêdan Xelef