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LA Sketches: Fred Saidy, Humorist

LA Sketches: Fred Saidy, Humorist

In a blast from Hollywood's colorful past, Lebanese American writer Fred Saidy remembers Mrs. Nazralla's exquisite baklava, and...

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
LA Sketches: John Nazarian, Defender of the Underdog

LA Sketches: John Nazarian, Defender of the Underdog

Syrian and Armenian American John Nazarian was for decades a champion of those who struggled in Los Angeles.

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
Censorship, Book Burning and Abu Dhabi Orientalism

Censorship, Book Burning and Abu Dhabi Orientalism

Abu Dhabi-based professor Deborah Williams contrasts the new American censorship of "Maus" and Harry Potter book burning with...

7 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Tiyo Attallah Salah-El
The Conspiracy to Conceal Conspiracies

The Conspiracy to Conceal Conspiracies

Every warm-blooded Arab loves a good conspiracy theory — so, it turns out, do many Americans, observes cultural...

7 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Munir Atalla
Getting to the Other Side: a Kurdish Migrant Story

Getting to the Other Side: a Kurdish Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis paints the portrait of Bahoz, a stateless Kurd who will keep fighting to become accepted for...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
America’s Freedom Hinges on the Survival of its Democracy

America’s Freedom Hinges on the Survival of its Democracy

I. Rida Mahmood calls out the double standards of Republicans and Supreme Court conservatives who argued that no...

3 JANUARY 2022 • By Maece Seirafi
January 6th and the Free Fall of Democracy.

January 6th and the Free Fall of Democracy.

An American expat demonstrates how distance helps one see one's country more clearly, as he laments how far...

3 JANUARY 2022 • By Munir Atalla
The US Democracy Crisis is a Media Crisis and the Mainstream Press is Losing

The US Democracy Crisis is a Media Crisis and the Mainstream Press is Losing

Columnist Lorraine Ali remembers 2021 as the year of the January 6 insurrection, the Covid-19 pandemic and the...

27 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jenny Pollak
Sudden Journeys: From Munich with Love and Realpolitik

Sudden Journeys: From Munich with Love and Realpolitik

A family tragedy (we all have them), powerful forms of devotion and love, and a common political approach...

27 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Music in the Middle East: Business can’t Buy Authenticity

Music in the Middle East: Business can’t Buy Authenticity

180,000 electronic music aficionados attended the SOUNDSTORM festival in Riyadh this month, but as columnist Melissa Chemam writes,...

20 DECEMBER 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

Racism props up its ugly head from every quarter, but Tariq Mehmood refuses to be deterred.

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Lawrence Joffe
An Arab and a Jew Walk into a Bar…

An Arab and a Jew Walk into a Bar…

Our columnist compares Arab/Muslim and Jewish humor and finds more in common than one might expect.

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
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