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To the Light—Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 1919-2021

To the Light—Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 1919-2021

Ammiel Alcalay remembers an American original, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who was also the publisher and doyen of City...

24 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
On Desert Planets, Meditations on “Dune”

On Desert Planets, Meditations on “Dune”

Francisco Letelier on the lingering memories of Dune as a metaphor for a struggling planet.

14 JANUARY 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

The MAGA movement is not a cause but a consequence of GOP policies, and its instantaneous vanishing with...

14 JANUARY 2021 • By Maece Seirafi
Remember 2020 Not for Covid-19 or Trump Chaos, But Climate Change

Remember 2020 Not for Covid-19 or Trump Chaos, But Climate Change

Columnist Iason Athanasiadis remembers 2020 not so much for the pandemic or the chaos of Trump but what...

10 JANUARY 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
A Beheading for the Prophet and a Reckoning for France

A Beheading for the Prophet and a Reckoning for France

Jordan Elgrably on rising tensions in France and in the Arab/Muslim world follow Samuel Paty's beheading at the...

26 OCTOBER 2020 • By
Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Jordan Elgrably finds that the family memoir of a Libyan American is one that we can all identity...

3 AUGUST 2017 • By Jordan Elgrably
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