Book Reviews Archives

A classic prison novel by Wisam Rafeedie recounts the revolutionary fervor of Palestinian political prisoners.

19 APRIL 2024 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould

Feurat Alani, a French novelist of Iraqi descent, succeeds in capturing the connections between two disparate cultural spheres.

1 APRIL 2024 • By Nada Ghosn

Eman Quotah on Fady Joudah's latest, in which the poet takes on the inadequacy of language in conveying...

25 MARCH 2024 • By Eman Quotah

Adib Rahhal reviews Hisham Matar's latest novel, in which the precariousness of existence and Libya serve as springboards.

25 MARCH 2024 • By Adib Rahhal

Arie Amaya-Akkermans reviews "The West: a new history of an old idea" that argues how the West was...

3 MARCH 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Katie Logan reviews Lamia Ziadé's latest illustrated volume that prompts a reckoning with the concept of melancholy.

3 MARCH 2024 • By Katie Logan

Nazli Tarzi reviews a book that challenges the uncritical view of eyeliner as a mere “exercise in vanity”...

19 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Nazli Tarzi

In tone, "Rotten Evidence" is cynical, bitterly funny, and oftentimes tender without ever being sentimental, writes Lina Mounzer.

12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer

Sean Casey on a rather unusual and remarkable debut from Arthur Kayzakian that melds poetry, prose and correspondence.

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Sean Casey

Lina Mounzer reviews the new book by Anna Lekas Miller that gathers stories of love- and border-challenged couples.

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer

Amy Omar explores her own Turkish American identity while relating to Turkish American writer Inci Atrek and her...

29 JANUARY 2024 • By Amy Omar

Something beyond war-weariness informs Jamaluddin Aram’s depiction of 1990s Afghanistan in his debut novel, writes Rudi Heinrich.

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Rudi Heinrich