Book Reviews

Controlled Demolition: an Epistolary Review

Controlled Demolition: an Epistolary Review

Author Ammiel Alcalay defies categorization in his latest book (in fact four), producing a work that is both...

16 JANUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Rewriting Beirut’s “Bad Boy Architect” Bernard Khoury

Rewriting Beirut’s “Bad Boy Architect” Bernard Khoury

Provoking the Territory subverts readers' expectations as it reveals how an architect was shaped by Beirut.

9 JANUARY 2026 • By Bridget Peak
White Collar Noir: How John Roberts Corrupted the U.S. Supreme Court

White Collar Noir: How John Roberts Corrupted the U.S. Supreme Court

In this new book, Lisa Graves demonstrates the extent and danger of the changes to judicial power.

5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Stephen Rohde
The Price of Freedom: Prison Writings from Post-Revolutionary Egypt

The Price of Freedom: Prison Writings from Post-Revolutionary Egypt

At the most basic level, writing creates a bond between the world inside a cell and the world...

5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
Terms of Servitude and the Threats of Digital Settler Colonialism

Terms of Servitude and the Threats of Digital Settler Colonialism

Omar Zahzah demonstrates how Big Tech and social media platforms threaten freedoms and promote violent interests.

28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Maura Finkelstein
Agri Ismaïl’s Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible

Agri Ismaïl’s Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible

Kurdish writer Agri Ismaïl’s debut novel is nothing short of a literary miracle, suggests reviewer Aryan Omar Hassan.

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Aryan Omar Hassan
Contemporary Kurdish Writers in the Diaspora

Contemporary Kurdish Writers in the Diaspora

A new book highlights how Kurdish female and non-binary writers challenge norms and push boundaries.

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Matt Broomfield
The Non-Citizen Gulf Resident Novel: An Emergent Genre?

The Non-Citizen Gulf Resident Novel: An Emergent Genre?

Non-citizen Gulf residents are rarely depicted in media or literature, but two new novels may change all that.

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Gaar Adams
Love and Other Obstacles: When a Palestinian and an Israeli Get Married

Love and Other Obstacles: When a Palestinian and an Israeli Get Married

A new memoir builds a case for one state where everyone has equal rights.

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Anna Lekas Miller
Myth and Migration in the Work of Dalia Al-Dujaili

Myth and Migration in the Work of Dalia Al-Dujaili

Al-Dujaili shows how global crises connect us and reveal our shared humanity.

6 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Noshin Bokth
What Will People Think? Blends Comedy, Culture and Family Secrets

What Will People Think? Blends Comedy, Culture and Family Secrets

Sara Hamdan's debut novel finds genuine humor in the complexities of Arab-American identity and friendships.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Natasha Tynes
How the Media Fails Armenia and Palestine

How the Media Fails Armenia and Palestine

A new book examines the history of colonization and the ongoing parallels between the conflicts in Artsakh and...

19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
 
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