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Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide by Atif Abu Saif

Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide by Atif Abu Saif

A Gaza diary that is a physician's personal testimony on life under excruciating, unrelenting bombardment, loss and hardship.

20 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Selma Dabbagh
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence in The Horrors of Adana

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence in The Horrors of Adana

A book addressing the Adana massacre and exploring the events and dynamics that lead to acts of violence...

20 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Sean Casey
Tragic Consequences — On Western Meddling in the Middle East

Tragic Consequences — On Western Meddling in the Middle East

Western democracies share responsibility for the political upheaval that has shaken the Middle East from the 20th century...

13 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Dina Rezk
Egypt’s Gatekeeper — President or Despot?

Egypt’s Gatekeeper — President or Despot?

Maged Mandour’s new book examines El-Sisi's exercise and abuse of power in post-revolutionary Egypt.

6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Elias Feroz
Festival Arabesques Fetes Arab Arts for Cultural Diversity

Festival Arabesques Fetes Arab Arts for Cultural Diversity

Celebrating the 19th Rencontre des Arts du Monde Arabe, Festival Arabesques will be held from September 10 to...

30 AUGUST 2024 • By Laëtitia Soula
Beyond Rubble — Cultural Heritage and Healing After Disaster

Beyond Rubble — Cultural Heritage and Healing After Disaster

Art, activism, archaeology, and archiving are crucial for rebuilding and healing cities by combining the past and present.

23 AUGUST 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Birth in a Poem: Maram Al-Masri’s The Abduction

Birth in a Poem: Maram Al-Masri’s The Abduction

When a mother loses her child she can become inconsolable, living a desolate life, as she works for...

23 AUGUST 2024 • By Eman Quotah
Wandering and Endless Sorrow: Farhad Pirbal’s The Potato Eaters

Wandering and Endless Sorrow: Farhad Pirbal’s The Potato Eaters

Cory Oldweiler reviews the debut story collection by Farhad Pirbal, one of Kurdistan's iconic writers, now out from...

9 AUGUST 2024 • By Cory Oldweiler
All That Rage: On Comma Press’ Egypt +100

All That Rage: On Comma Press’ Egypt +100

Alex Tan reviews a sci-fi anthology set in Egypt where all the writers aim to uplift the country...

2 AUGUST 2024 • By Alex Tan
Nabil Kanso: Lebanon and the Split of Life—a Review

Nabil Kanso: Lebanon and the Split of Life—a Review

Sophie Kazan reviews a new book on the late Nabil Kanso, the Lebanese pacifist artist whose work depicted...

2 AUGUST 2024 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Marjane Satrapi's edited anthology "Woman, Life, Freedom" shows that the story of the movement cannot be told with...

5 JULY 2024 • By Katie Logan
Upheavals of Beauty and Oppression in The Oud Player of Cairo

Upheavals of Beauty and Oppression in The Oud Player of Cairo

Jasmin Attia's novel vividly portrays Egypt and Cairo by beautifully conjuring music and sound through descriptive prose.

28 JUNE 2024 • By Tala Jarjour
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