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Author: Malu Halasa

Malu Halasa’s novel, Mother of All Pigs was reviewed by the New York Times as “a microcosmic portrait of  … a patriarchal order in slow-motion decline.” She is currently finishing a collection of short stories. Her six co-edited anthologies include Creating Spaces of Freedom: Culture in Defiance (2002); Transit Beirut: New Writing and Images (2004); Kaveh Golestan: Telling the Truth in Iran (2007); The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy & Design (2008); Transit Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations (2009); and Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline (2014). She was editor at large for Portal 9, Beirut; managing editor of the Prince Claus Fund Library, Amsterdam; and a founding editor of Tank Magazine, London. Her journalism, criticism and fiction chart a changing Middle East.

5 March, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration

Malu Halasa tells the story of refugees seeking asylum in Britain who brave the dangerous waters of the English Channel.

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5 February, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media

Iraqi lawyers and activists in a Baghdad-based NGO have been working to stop honor killings, but were unable to help Tiba al-Ali, reports Malu Halasa.

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30 January, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Bedazzled: Iran’s Rebel Feminists at London’s Curve Gallery

Malu Halasa tours the exuberant exhibition from artist Soheila Sokhanvari that celebrates strong Iranian women.

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16 January, 2023 • Malu Halasa

End of an Era: Al Saqi Bookshop in London Closes

Malu Halasa surveys the legacy of Al Saqi while also lamenting the end of Banipal Magazine and the retirement of the British Museum's Venetia Porter.

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26 December, 2022 • Malu Halasa

The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art

Malu Halasa reviews 12 of 40 Palestinian, Arab and international artists showing in the third annual Ramallah Art Fair.

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15 December, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Don’t Be a Stooge for the Regime—Iranians Reject State-Controlled Media!

Malu Halasa reports on the myriad ways Iranians circumvent Iran's heavy-handed media to get their news.

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15 December, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Revolutionary Hit Parade: 12+1 Protest Songs from Iran

Malu Halasa and Beehype on the latest hit parade of protest songs for Iranian freedom.

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15 March, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Chewing Viagra Gum, the Audio Version!

Malu Halasa performs Mai Ghoussoub's groundbreaking essay, "Chewing Viagra Gum."

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15 March, 2022 • Malu Halasa

No Sex Please, We’re Syrian: on Syrian Sexual Humor During War

A frank look at the changing social attitudes toward sexuality in war-torn Syria.

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30 May, 2021 • Malu Halasa

Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Malu Halasa reviews a new anthology of Arab women writers on sex, love and lust, including "the leading lights of modern Arab fiction: Hanan al-Shaykh, Adhaf Soueif, Leila Slimani and Adania Shibli."

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18 April, 2021 • Malu Halasa

World Picks: April – May 2021

Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…welcome to the pandemic!

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14 March, 2021 • Malu Halasa

The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

Malu Halasa reviews the new graphic novel by former political prisoner and editorial cartoonist Mana Neyestani, released in 2021 by IranWire.com.

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14 February, 2021 • Malu Halasa

Revolution in Art, a review of “Reflections” at the British Museum

Malu Halasa reviews a selection of the 170 Arab, Iranian and Turkish artists and artworks in the British Museum's contemporary Middle East collection.

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19 October, 2020 • Malu Halasa

New Art, Film, Fashion, Music & Palestine Writes

The pandemic is here to stay a while but arts and culture are alive and well, with fresh world picks from Malu Halasa.

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15 October, 2020 • Malu Halasa

Arabs & Race in America through the Short Story Prism

The best writing in "Alligator & Other Stories" starts a different conversation about Arab belonging and assimilation in America, through the prism of Syrian experience.

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28 September, 2020 • Malu Halasa

World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues

Mala Halasa curates art, music, parks and politix from London…

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