Lina Mounzer

is a Lebanese writer and translatorShe has been a contributor to many prominent publications including the Paris Review, Freeman’s, Washington Postand The Baffler, as well as in the anthologies Tales of Two Planets (Penguin 2020), and Best American Essays 2022 (Harper Collins 2022). She is Senior Editor at The Markaz Review.

Afraid for Our Children’s Future, How Do We Talk About War?

Afraid for Our Children’s Future, How Do We Talk About War?

Souseh counsels hope and continued resistance to an anxious mother worried about her kids in dangerous times.

20 JUNE 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Mama’s Kitchen

Mama’s Kitchen

A writer looks back on formative memories of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen and wonders about...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Souseh answers a letter from a reader wondering how to handle her younger sister, who is enamored of...

23 MAY 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Dear Souseh: Existential Advice for Third World Problems

Dear Souseh: Existential Advice for Third World Problems

An advice column that tackles personal questions inflected by our greater social, cultural, political, and historical contexts.

4 APRIL 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
The Conqueror of Time—Egyptian Cryogenics

The Conqueror of Time—Egyptian Cryogenics

Nihad Sherif's 1972 novel is a pioneering Arabic sci-fi work on human cryopreservation, with prose reminiscent of Mahfouz...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Nihad Sherif, Lina Mounzer
A Fragile Ceasefire as Lebanon Survives, Traumatized

A Fragile Ceasefire as Lebanon Survives, Traumatized

Lebanon may have survived yet another Israeli onslaught but the people emerge scathed and timorous, as if from...

29 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Tarek Abi Samra, Lina Mounzer
A Year of War Without End

A Year of War Without End

In the guise of an editorial, senior editor Lina Mounzer struggles to find the words to describe the...

4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert's theory of meaning and form rests on a mystical conception of the nature of writing, alongside the...

5 JULY 2024 • By Tarek Abi Samra, Lina Mounzer
Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

True reflections of a former officer of the law in Lebanon from his hit memoir, translated by Lina...

5 JULY 2024 • By Fawzi Zabyan, Lina Mounzer
The Arab Writer in Paris; Paris in the Arab Writer

The Arab Writer in Paris; Paris in the Arab Writer

Coline Houssais explores the rich tapestry of Arab literature intertwined with the poetic allure of Paris.

31 MARCH 2024 • By Coline Houssais, Lina Mounzer
Why “Burn It all Down”?

Why “Burn It all Down”?

Senior editor Lina Mounzer articulates the inexpressible, inconsolable feelings at a time when genocide is occurring before the...

3 MARCH 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison

Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison

In tone, "Rotten Evidence" is cynical, bitterly funny, and oftentimes tender without ever being sentimental, writes Lina Mounzer.

12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
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