Melissa Chemam

Hassan Hajjaj Rocks NYC with “My Rock Stars” and “Vogue: the Arab Issue”

Hassan Hajjaj Rocks NYC with “My Rock Stars” and “Vogue: the Arab Issue”

One of Morocco's greatest artistic exports brings his flamboyant vision to the Yossi Milo Gallery and the Fotografiska...

9 MAY 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
IAM, Marseille’s Original Hip Hop Collective

IAM, Marseille’s Original Hip Hop Collective

Melissa Chemam on the origins and reverberations of Marseille's seminal rap group IAM.

17 APRIL 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Melissa Chemam considers the sixth novel by France's former teen sensation Faïza Guène and whether she is now...

7 MARCH 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Revolution Viewed from the Crow’s Nest of History

Revolution Viewed from the Crow’s Nest of History

Columnist Melissa Chemam argues we ought to take the long view on the Arab uprisings and remember the...

15 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Why is Arabic Provoking such Controversy in France?

Why is Arabic Provoking such Controversy in France?

Melissa Chemam takes us inside the French controversy over Arabic and radical Islam.

15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead

A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead

The novelists and essayists discuss these difficult times, the rise of neo-fascism in India and the U.S., and...

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World

Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World

Wajdi Mouawad has shaken Western theatre out of its rigid rules, bringing a dream-infused approach, odes to childhood's...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
Arts in the Pandemic Age

Arts in the Pandemic Age

Covid-19 shows no sign of abating, forcing cities and some countries into more quarantines and further lockdown; without...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
From Lockdown to 4 Indies in a Week — Why Cinema Matters

From Lockdown to 4 Indies in a Week — Why Cinema Matters

During four months of lockdown in Bristol, West England, UK, what I had perhaps missed the most were...

12 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
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