James Baldwin's Turkish exile, a lesser-told chapter in his life, offered safety, privacy, and most importantly, a creative...
19 DECEMBER 2025 • By Öykü Tekten
The Marrakesh African Book Festival (FLAM) challenges a western-focused discourse, foregrounding African writers.
12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Lulu Norman
Playwright Melis Aker makes a compelling argument in favor of shadows — the only cure for a brightly-colored,...
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Melis Aker
Neemah Ahamed explores what home means when one's life is upended and what once held cherished emotions disintegrates.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Neemah Ahamed
This essay examines how grieving for Palestine is policed in classrooms, newsrooms, and across borders, revealing the cost...
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Adam Makary
Maysaa Alajjan on a homeland that never accepted her, and another that she never knew.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Maysaa Alajjan
أمضى محمد فرج أعوامًا في رحلة بحث عن تفاصيل حياة دكتور طه محمود طه، مترجم جيمس جويس الأسطوري،...
20 OCTOBER 2025 • By محمد فرج
In the Global South, abstraction connects with modernism and evades censorship. Could it be a powerful way to...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
An artist is unable to go on with life and work as usual, while Israelis are committed to...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
Two years into the crushing genocide in Gaza, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi recalls her displacements and the significance of...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
في هذا المقتطف من كتاب «النص الأصلي»، يحدثنا محمد الفولي عن مصادفات دراسته اللغة الإسبانية، وعن العلاقة الخفية...
6 OCTOBER 2025 • By محمد الفولي
An artist watching starvation in Gaza from afar befriends a fox in Abu Dhabi. Nature, the destroyer, also...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Noura Ali-Ramahi
