Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.
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The story is part of Hussein Fawzy's cyberpunk story collection “Graduation Project” recently published by Waziz House.
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Nihad Sherif's 1972 novel is a pioneering Arabic sci-fi work on human cryopreservation, with prose reminiscent of Mahfouz...
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The Arabic crime novel can't compete with more popular genres including satire, horror, or historical fiction, but that...
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Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he...
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Khairy Shalaby
An excerpt from a novel of speculative fiction envisioned a post-imperialist future, with Gaza as a key symbol...
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Rima offers readers an understanding of Beirut as both a single city and a city multiplied, a geographic...
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29 NOVEMBER 2024 • By TMR
كل شخصيات الدولة اللبنانية بقضّها وقضيضها كانت بانتظار انتهاء مناقشة أطروحة غزالي كي يمطروه بالتهاني والتبريكات.
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An inmate in Manus prison who suffers the inhospitable conditions with the rest of the inmates finds solace...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Omid Tofighian
