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Columns

3 December, 2023 • Karim Shamshi-Basha

The Day My Life Ended, It Began

What could have been the end of life was instead a milestone that led to the writer's greatest epiphany.

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7 November, 2023 • Youssef Rakha

Remembering Khaled Khalifa on the 40th Day

For the 40th day from his death, Youssef Rakha considers fellow writer Khaled Khalifa in the context of both Arabic and world literary canons.

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23 October, 2023 • Dallia Abdel-Moniem

Ode to Khartoum—a City Riven by Civil War

Dallia Abdel-Moniem has always loved her native city, but when she returned from abroad 10 years ago, it was with renewed hope for Sudan.

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11 September, 2023 • Brahim El Guabli

Death is a Traitor: Living the Morocco Earthquake from the US

Moroccan Amazigh scholar Brahim El Guabli learned that his family in Ouarzazate lost their home in the earthquake that hit Friday night.

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11 September, 2023 • Aomar Boum, Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Resilience Amidst the Ruins: Nfis Valley Endures After the Quake

A Moroccan scholar from the earthquake region, Aomar Boum, and his UCLA colleague Sarah A. Stein, provide more context on the Atlas Mountains communities hit by the temblor.

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28 August, 2023 • Jordan Elgrably

The End of Arabic and the Dumbing Down of America

What happens when public universities begin shutting down entire area studies departments, and learning foreign languages becomes a luxury?

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21 August, 2023 • Ahmad Almallah

Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

Bethlehem-born poet Ahmad Almallah describes his trials and tribulations getting published in English in the United States.

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24 July, 2023 • Sarah Eltantawi

A Day in the Life: Cairo

The writer's visit to a Cairo internet store to renew her internet service proves to be an out of body experience.

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17 July, 2023 • Lou Heliot

Words of Resistance: Nasim Marashi, Syaman Rapongan & Isabelle Sorente

Lou Heliot presents a portrait of three engagé novelists who make literature the locus of their resistance.

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10 July, 2023 • Reem Halasa

Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a musical heritage, one nay at a time.

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19 June, 2023 • Bint Mbareh

The Rite of Flooding: When the Land Speaks

A walk through London’s Hackney Marshes calls forth stories of Gaza, the Nile, the Sindhu River and the Thames.

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12 June, 2023 • Sumaira Akbarzada

Afghan Cuisine’s Rice Dishes—Delectables of the Silk Road

Afghan American writer Sumaira Akbarzada shares several of her family's favorite rice dishes, recalling her trips to Afghanistan.

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1 May, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Malu Halasa finds unexpected tastes, pleasures and upsets at the 2023 London Book Fair.

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1 May, 2023 • Laila Halaby

Buck Up, It’s Only Racism at the Office

In which an Arab woman in a diverse work environment finds that going along to get along with a racist colleague is just too much.

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27 March, 2023 • Jenine Abboushi

Sudden Journeys: Paris Arabe

Jenine Abboushi wanders from Paris' chi-chi 16th to the quartiers populaires of Barbès-Rochechouart and the Goutte d'Or.

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