Book Reviews

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
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation

Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation

Nazli Tarzi reviews an adventure travel and climate change story of what humanity stands to lose with the...

12 JUNE 2023 • By Nazli Tarzi
The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

Hamilton Cain reviews a police procedural that connects Norfolk, Virginia with the late Iraq War and the streets...

29 MAY 2023 • By Hamilton Cain
How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

Bethlehem native and novelist Karim Kattan reviews the new book by Jacob Norris that tells the 19th century...

15 MAY 2023 • By Karim Kattan
Radius Recounts a History of Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square

Radius Recounts a History of Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square

Sally AlHaq reviews the recent book by Yasmin El-Rifae on the history of sexual assault in Tahrir Square...

15 MAY 2023 • By Sally AlHaq
 
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