Sophie Kazan reviews a new book on the late Nabil Kanso, the Lebanese pacifist artist whose work depicted...
2 AUGUST 2024 • By Sophie Kazan MakhloufIn the 1970s Israel's Black Panthers rocked the establishment and brought the rampant discrimation against Arab Jews to...
19 JULY 2024 • By Ilan BenattarSelma Dabbagh reviews Avi Shlaim's memoir about his coming-of-age as an Iraqi Jew, living as a minority in...
19 JULY 2024 • By Selma DabbaghMarjane Satrapi's edited anthology "Woman, Life, Freedom" shows that the story of the movement cannot be told with...
5 JULY 2024 • By Katie LoganJasmin Attia's novel vividly portrays Egypt and Cairo by beautifully conjuring music and sound through descriptive prose.
28 JUNE 2024 • By Tala JarjourArie Amaya-Akkermans on a book that reviews not only Turkey’s social and political deterioration over the last decade,...
28 JUNE 2024 • By Arie Amaya-AkkermansLittle-reported green colonialism is occurring in the sun-rich but water-deprived MENA region, writes Richard Lim in this review.
21 JUNE 2024 • By Richard LimFarah-Silvana Kanan questions whether, in this novel, the Franco-Lebanese master is at the height of his powers, or...
14 JUNE 2024 • By Farah-Silvana KanaanAn entire family is preoccupied with its history and questions of national identity, confounded by France’s rejection of...
31 MAY 2024 • By Katherine A. PowersSaleem Haddad reviews the Sawalha family story that offers hope in resilience, resistance, and survival against all odds.
3 MAY 2024 • By Saleem HaddadLanguage, gender, class, race, and geography shape citizenship in Morocco today, argues Brahim El Guabli in his latest...
3 MAY 2024 • By Natalie BernstienFadi Kattan's Palestinian cookbook is a memoir of personal and familial memories, intriguing facts, and emotions, writes Mischa...
3 MAY 2024 • By Mischa Geracoulis