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The Truth About Iraq: Memory, Trauma and the End of an Era

The Truth About Iraq: Memory, Trauma and the End of an Era

Hadani Ditmars remembers what Baghdad was like following the second Gulf War in 2003, when she toured Abu...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
In Yemen, Women are the Heroes

In Yemen, Women are the Heroes

International aid worker and writer Farah Abdessamad has been traveling to Yemen for work since 2014. This is...

7 MARCH 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
Decolonizing Art for Art’s Sake

Decolonizing Art for Art’s Sake

Culture critic and filmmaker Mara Ahmed deconstructs three versions of an opéra-ballet to get at the heart of...

28 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Fadi Kattan
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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