Book Reviews

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
A Debut Novel, Between Two Moons, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn

A Debut Novel, Between Two Moons, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn

Novelist R.P. Finch reviews the debut novel of Aisha Abdel Gawad, set in the "Arabland" of Bay Ridge,...

15 MAY 2023 • By R.P. Finch
Where Are Yesterday’s Dhufar Revolutionaries Today?

Where Are Yesterday’s Dhufar Revolutionaries Today?

Speaking of Arab revolutions, Tugrul Mende reviews a new book from Stanford looking back at revolutionaries of Dhufar,...

15 MAY 2023 • By Tugrul Mende
Rebecca Makkai’s New Novel Makes Us Question What We Know

Rebecca Makkai’s New Novel Makes Us Question What We Know

Deborah Williams reviews the new literary thriller from Rebecca Makkai that makes us question everything we know.

8 MAY 2023 • By Deborah Williams
Kafka in Tangier is a Brooding Homage to Metamorphosis

Kafka in Tangier is a Brooding Homage to Metamorphosis

Rula Khateeb Jarallah reviews the news translation of the Mohammed Said Hjiouij novella in which a man is...

8 MAY 2023 • By Rula Khateeb Jarallah
Hard Work: Kurdish Kolbars or Porters Risk Everything

Hard Work: Kurdish Kolbars or Porters Risk Everything

Clive Bell reviews the latest graphic novel from Mana Neyestani on the hardships of being a Kurdish porter.

1 MAY 2023 • By Clive Bell
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