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Barrack Zailaa Rima’s Beirut Resists Categorization

Barrack Zailaa Rima’s Beirut Resists Categorization

Rima offers readers an understanding of Beirut as both a single city and a city multiplied, a geographic...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Katie Logan
Palestinian Artists Reflect on the Role of Art in Catastrophic Times

Palestinian Artists Reflect on the Role of Art in Catastrophic Times

Multimedia and performing artists gather in Marseille for the 8th Biennale "Sin," on how to be a Palestinian...

1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Nina Hubinet
The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age

The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age

Iason Athanasiadis talks to Petra Molnar about her new book on automated decision-making technologies that facilitate institutional violence...

18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Iason Athanasiadis
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
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