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White Collar Noir: How John Roberts Corrupted the U.S. Supreme Court

White Collar Noir: How John Roberts Corrupted the U.S. Supreme Court

In this new book, Lisa Graves digs at the rot and corruption that presently defines a conservative U.S....

5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Stephen Rohde
The Price of Freedom: Prison Writings from Post-Revolutionary Egypt

The Price of Freedom: Prison Writings from Post-Revolutionary Egypt

Does prison lead to writing? “Even if you’re not a writer at first, you start to write in...

5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
Terms of Servitude and the Threats of Digital Settler Colonialism

Terms of Servitude and the Threats of Digital Settler Colonialism

Omar Zahzah demonstrates how Big Tech and social media platforms threaten freedoms and promote violent interests.

28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Maura Finkelstein
The Three-Legged Cat—Istanbul’s 18th Biennale

The Three-Legged Cat—Istanbul’s 18th Biennale

Amidst a society in turmoil, and the city's mayor in jail, the 18th Istanbul Biennial resonates with the...

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Nat Muller
Agri Ismaïl’s Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible

Agri Ismaïl’s Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible

Kurdish writer Agri Ismaïl’s debut novel is nothing short of a literary miracle, suggests reviewer Aryan Omar Hassan.

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Aryan Omar Hassan
Contemporary Kurdish Writers in the Diaspora

Contemporary Kurdish Writers in the Diaspora

A new book highlights how Kurdish female and non-binary writers challenge norms and push boundaries.

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Matt Broomfield
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 new memoir builds a case for one state where everyone has equal rights.

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 how global crises connect us and reveal our shared humanity.

6 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Noshin Bokth
Sudan Retold: Three Painters, Three Ways of Seeing a Shattered Homeland

Sudan Retold: Three Painters, Three Ways of Seeing a Shattered Homeland

"Sudan Retold," co-curated by Albaih and Fuhrmann, opened at Alhosh Gallery in Doha, focusing on wartime cultural definitions.

24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Youssra El Hawary’s Taraddud — Sound as Survival

Youssra El Hawary’s Taraddud — Sound as Survival

In Egypt where nationalist anthems are weaponized and satire becomes grounds for persecution, Taraddud stands as an act...

17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Salma Harland
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