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Remembering Khaled Khalifa on the 40th Day

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...

7 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Youssef Rakha
Ode to Khartoum—a City Riven by Civil War

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...

23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dallia Abdel-Moniem
Death is a Traitor: Living the Morocco Earthquake from the US

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...

11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
Resilience Amidst the Ruins: Nfis Valley Endures After the Quake

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...

11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Aomar Boum
The End of Arabic and the Dumbing Down of America

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...

28 AUGUST 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

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.

21 AUGUST 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah
A Day in the Life: Cairo

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...

24 JULY 2023 • By Sarah Eltantawi
Words of Resistance: Nasim Marashi, Syaman Rapongan & Isabelle Sorente

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.

17 JULY 2023 • By Lou Heliot
Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a...

10 JULY 2023 • By Reem Halasa
The Rite of Flooding: When the Land Speaks

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...

19 JUNE 2023 • By Bint Mbareh
Afghan Cuisine’s Rice Dishes—Delectables of the Silk Road

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.

12 JUNE 2023 • By Sumaira Akbarzada
Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

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

1 MAY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
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