Book Reviews

Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s  Imagining Palestine

Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine

Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé argues that the agency and resilience of the Palestinians shines in "Imagining Palestine."

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Ilan Pappé
Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?

Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?

Matthew Broomfield reviews a book on the Kurdish women's movement, which challenges hierarchical, patriarchal society.

31 JULY 2023 • By Matt Broomfield
Arab American Teens Come of Age in Nayra and the Djinn

Arab American Teens Come of Age in Nayra and the Djinn

Katie Logan reviews a graphic novel that blends the real world with the fantastical in a coming of...

31 JULY 2023 • By Katie Logan
Off to War—A Marriage on the Brink

Off to War—A Marriage on the Brink

Antony Loewenstein reviews the latest book from veteran war reporter Anjan Sundaram, whose work may have cost him...

31 JULY 2023 • By Antony Loewenstein
Literature Takes Courage: on Ahmet Altan’s Lady Life

Literature Takes Courage: on Ahmet Altan’s Lady Life

In and out of Turkish prisons for his unflinching political essays, Ahmet Altan returns with a new novella...

24 JULY 2023 • By Kaya Genç
Ghassan Zeineddine Reflects On, Transcends the Identity Zeitgeist

Ghassan Zeineddine Reflects On, Transcends the Identity Zeitgeist

Youssef Rakha is more interested in what it means to be a contemporary Arab-Muslim independently of the West...

17 JULY 2023 • By Youssef Rakha
The Failure of Postcolonial Modernity in Siddhartha Deb’s Light

The Failure of Postcolonial Modernity in Siddhartha Deb’s Light

Anis Shivani finds that Siddhartha Deb's "outright denial of human agency sets him apart from even the most...

17 JULY 2023 • By Anis Shivani
Why Isn’t Ghaith Abdul-Ahad a Household Name?

Why Isn’t Ghaith Abdul-Ahad a Household Name?

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the Iraqi correspondent's new memoir on Middle East wars and asks questions.

10 JULY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Freedom and Dislocation in Jamal Mahjoub’s Novel, The Fugitives

Freedom and Dislocation in Jamal Mahjoub’s Novel, The Fugitives

David Rife reviews the latest fiction from the Sudanese British author of more than a dozen literary and...

26 JUNE 2023 • By David Rife
Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

A novel about "toxic authoritarianism" and how it has shaped the lives of countless young persons in Turkey,...

19 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Youssef Rakha Practices Literary Deception in Emissaries

Youssef Rakha Practices Literary Deception in Emissaries

Zein El-Amine reviews the first collection of "original, irreverent" short stories written in English by Egyptian writer Youssef...

19 JUNE 2023 • By Zein El-Amine
Niki, Prize-Winning Greek Novel, Captures the Country’s Civil War

Niki, Prize-Winning Greek Novel, Captures the Country’s Civil War

Nektaria Anastasiadou reviews the newly-translated novel from Christos Chomenidis, which won the Greek National Book Award.

12 JUNE 2023 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
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