Book Reviews

Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.

25 APRIL 2021 • By TMR
Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.

28 MARCH 2021 • By Joyce Zonana
The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

Farah Abdessamad reviews Silence is a Sense, the new novel from Layla AlAmmar.

25 JANUARY 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

Layla AlAmmar takes us into the heart of Adania Shibli's literary thriller, where Palestinian lives are but a...

30 DECEMBER 2020 • By Layla AlAmmar
Are Iranians—Restricted by the Trump Era Muslim-Country Ban—White?

Are Iranians—Restricted by the Trump Era Muslim-Country Ban—White?

Rebecca Allamey reviews "The Limits of Whiteness" by sociologist Neda Maghbouleh, who argues that a white American immigrant...

15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By Rebecca Allamey
An American in Istanbul Between Muslim and Christian Worlds

An American in Istanbul Between Muslim and Christian Worlds

Anne-Marie O'Connor reviews the debut novel by Nektaria Anastasiadou, set in Istanbul's venerable Rum community.

15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By Anne-Marie O'Connor
Falastin, Sami Tamimi’s “Palestinian Modern”

Falastin, Sami Tamimi’s “Palestinian Modern”

N.A. Mansour reviews the tantalizing recipes in Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley's new cookbook of Palestinian cuisine.

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Sophia Armen
Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten

Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten

A Land Like You gives a palpable sense of a community that could not have imagined its own...

4 OCTOBER 2020 • By India Hixon Radfar
Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift

Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift

Maalouf draws a line from pivotal years in Middle Eastern history to some of the most pressing dilemmas...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma

Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma

I am waiting for the Tunisian American writer Leila Chatti to tell me, in her own words, in...

14 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By gethan&myles
Algiers, the Black Panthers & the Revolution

Algiers, the Black Panthers & the Revolution

While Elaine Mokhtefi worked devotedly for the Black Panthers, the men who ran it were, it turned out,...

1 OCTOBER 2018 • By TMR
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