Book Reviews

Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game

Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game

Justin Olivier Salhani reviews a new anthology on football and the Middle East just as the World Cup...

21 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Abir Kopty
Changing Colors — Reflections on The Last White Man

Changing Colors — Reflections on The Last White Man

Jordan Elgrably reads a book about white fear and racism and finds that colorism isn't our only problem.

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Life of Malika in Vivre à ta lumière

The Life of Malika in Vivre à ta lumière

Jean-Philippe Cazier reviews the latest novel in French from Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa, written in memory of his...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Randa Aboubakr
Zoulikha, Forgotten Freedom Fighter of the Algerian War

Zoulikha, Forgotten Freedom Fighter of the Algerian War

Fouad Mami meditates on a nearly forgotten heroine of Algeria's war for independence, who was memorialzied in an...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture

Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture

Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.

10 OCTOBER 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
The Art of Translation is Akin to “Dancing on Ropes”

The Art of Translation is Akin to “Dancing on Ropes”

Deborah Kapchan reviews the new book on translation from Anna Aslanyan.

10 OCTOBER 2022 • By Nawal Qasim Baidoun
A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria

A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria

Ghazi Gheblawi reviews "The Darkness Inside," a literary thriller set in the world of social media and foreign...

3 OCTOBER 2022 • By Nadje Al-Ali
The Egyptian Revolution and “The Republic of False Truths”

The Egyptian Revolution and “The Republic of False Truths”

Aimee Dassa Kligman reviews the latest novel from the exiled author of "The Yacoubian Building."

26 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Youssef Manessa
Muslims in the Americas—a review of “Praying to the West”

Muslims in the Americas—a review of “Praying to the West”

Francisco Letelier, a non-Muslim, reviews Omar Mouallem's "Praying to the West" from the outside looking in.

19 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Farah Abdessamad
After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love

After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love

Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection by Jordanian Palestinian American author Laila Halaby.

5 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Eman Quotah
Al-Koni’s Tuareg Perspective on Islam’s Conquest of North Africa

Al-Koni’s Tuareg Perspective on Islam’s Conquest of North Africa

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the new Ibrahim al-Koni translation of a story that recounts Islam's conquest of North Africa.

5 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Francisco Letelier
After Nine Years in Detention, an Iraqi is Finally Granted Asylum

After Nine Years in Detention, an Iraqi is Finally Granted Asylum

Rana Asfour reviews the third novel from Dutch Iraqi writer Rodaan Al Galidi.

22 AUGUST 2022 • By Rana Asfour
 
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