The author of "Remnants" reflects on his short story, the craft of writing, and the idea of return.
16 OCTOBER 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
The International Booker longlisted author on writing through uncertainty, the limits of fiction, and the quiet of the...
16 OCTOBER 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
A Palestinian novelist and poet reflects on the problems, pleasures, and peculiarities of writing fiction today.
18 SEPTEMBER 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Sinan Antoon’s self-translated novel explores the different ways memory unfolds in exile but offers no closure.
31 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
A conversation between writers unfolds into a meditation on exile, memory, and how history inhabits our most private...
10 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad, Tareq Baconi
The Mediterranean, generative yet unstable, is a site of passage and border, a space of paradise and ruin.
1 MAY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
"Prisoner of Love" acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution, writes Saleem...
7 JUNE 2024 • By Saleem Haddad
Saleem Haddad reviews the Sawalha family story that offers hope in resilience, resistance, and survival against all odds.
3 MAY 2024 • By Saleem Haddad