Reviews

On Identity—Ayşegül Savaş’ Long Distance

On Identity—Ayşegül Savaş’ Long Distance

Filmmaker Amy Omar explores the short stories of a Turkish writer living in Paris.

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
In Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5, Truth is Revolutionary

In Raoul Peck’s Orwell: 2+2=5, Truth is Revolutionary

Bombed streets and Palestinian suffering contrast with Orwell’s language, showing how terms like “security operations” sanitize violence.

17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
What Will People Think? Blends Comedy, Culture and Family Secrets

What Will People Think? Blends Comedy, Culture and Family Secrets

Sara Hamdan's debut novel finds genuine humor in the complexities of Arab-American identity and friendships.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Natasha Tynes
Together for Palestine — Truly Historic

Together for Palestine — Truly Historic

At Brian Eno’s concert, 150 artists and 12,500 attendees raised funds for Gaza and called for sanctions against...

19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By TMR
How the Media Fails Armenia and Palestine

How the Media Fails Armenia and Palestine

A new book examines the history of colonization and the ongoing parallels between the conflicts in Artsakh and...

19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
Reading The Orchards of Basra

Reading The Orchards of Basra

The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot...

12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
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
Palestinian Cartographies—a review of Mapping My Return

Palestinian Cartographies—a review of Mapping My Return

Maps are narratives of the past, present, and future, powerful chronicles of presence and absence, ownership and theft,...

29 AUGUST 2025 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's...

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
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