Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul
Looking for love and her father's past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and after Covid.
Category: Essays
For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?
Home is increasingly an elusive quality in an era of war, climate disaster, economic collapse and family misfortune.
More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab
Filmmaker and educator Saeed Taji Farouky argues that the Palestine of memories is often the only Palestine we have.
The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian
An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil and displacement.
Coming of Age in a Revolution
A young Egyptian woman comes of age at the dawn of the Arab uprising in Cairo, but ultimately finds home in exile.
Nabeul, Mon Amour
Yesmine Abida, a Tunisian in the diaspora, returns home to document the last vestiges of Nabeul's once-thriving Jewish community.
Home is a House in Oman
The daughter of an Indian expatriate family in Oman discovers that the only home she's ever yearned for was the place always meant to be impermanent.
Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay
Anam Raheem spent five years working in Gaza and the West Bank, and felt herself at home among the Palestinians who befriended her.
Post-Revolution, Arab Cinema is Producing Dystopic Narratives
Viola Shafik has seen several post-thawra Arab features that convey a bleak and dystopian vision of the present.
Sexploitation or Cinematic Art? The Case of Abdellatif Kechiche
Film critic and historian Viola Shafik pillories cinematographic voyeurism.
Conflict and Freedom in Palestine, a Trip Down Memory Lane
Saudi American novelist Eman Quotah reminisces on a university peace studies class that traveled to Israel/Palestine.
Stadiums, Ghosts & Games—Football’s International Intrigue
Francisco Letelier reminisces on his soccer identities in Chile and the USA, while delving into the international politics of the game.