Gurnah's new novel, "Theft," is a post-colonial exploration of Tanzania, immigration, and the relationship between Africa and the...
9 JULY 2025 • By Philip Grant
At times beautiful as a virtual meal experience, LACMA’s “Dining with the Sultan” is an old-fashioned, things-in-glass-cases exhibition.
18 MARCH 2024 • By Philip Grant
Philip Grant took a look at a vast Los Angeles art exhibition that presents 75 independent Arab and...
26 JUNE 2023 • By Philip Grant
In which Philip Grant muses on Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq’s tenth century cookbook, "Kitāb aṭ-Ṭabīkh" and cooking and baking...
15 APRIL 2022 • By Philip Grant