In two recent developments, Amal Ghandour sees a comical comeuppance and hints of change on the political horizon.
2 JANUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Amal Ghandour reflects on a 2025 rich with tragedy, disappointment, and political smoke and mirrors.
19 DECEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
In her column, Amal Ghandour ruminates on Lebanese poet Nadia Tueni and the director who filmed her, Maroun...
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
In her biweekly column, Amal Ghandour calls out the failures of the Lebanese state and its complacent citizens.
21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Thinking about icons past and present, Amal Ghandour remembers Egypt's "Star of the East" on the 50th anniversary...
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Respite, please, from genocide and famine in Gaza, but not from torment and heartbreak. Respite, please, for whatever...
24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Amal Ghandour helps parse these Orwellian times from the perspective of an Arab writer living between Beirut, Amman...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
A Beiruti interrogates her country's perennial condition with its neighbor in the aftermath of October 7 and the...
4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Amal Ghandour
After the ICJ ruling on Israel, it is in its best interests to redefine its cause to one...
3 MARCH 2024 • By Amal Ghandour
Twenty years ago, argues Amal Ghandour, it would have been Edward Said. It’s Traboulsi, his best translator, in...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Amal Ghandour, of This Arab Life, interviews Palestinian author and lawyer Raja Shehadeh on his new book, a...
11 MAY 2023 • By Amal Ghandour, Raja Shehadeh
Amal Ghandour reviews the new book from the author of "Palestinian Walks," "Occupation Diaries" and "Strangers in the...
13 MARCH 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
