To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Selim Temo's "Nightlands," we present an introductory essay and two poems from...
9 AUGUST 2024 • By Zêdan Xelef
The Bīylmawn festival has recently made a comeback but not everyone is pleased with the highly stylized and...
12 JULY 2024 • By Brahim El Guabli
The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed...
5 JULY 2024 • By Ahmed Naji
Flaubert's theory of meaning and form rests on a mystical conception of the nature of writing, alongside the...
5 JULY 2024 • By Tarek Abi Samra
While studying abroad in Alexandria, Bel Parker becomes a butcher's apprentice to immerse herself in the local language...
5 JULY 2024 • By Bel Parker
A writer's satirical guide on how to write about the hapless, subjugated Kurds, if you're not already filming...
14 JUNE 2024 • By Matt Broomfield
Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state...
7 JUNE 2024 • By Elie Chalala
Omar Naim set out to create a film about the Lebanese theatre scene where stage honesty clashes with...
7 JUNE 2024 • By Omar Naim
Lord Byron, a theatrical poet, created the concept of celebrity and, with his poetry, brought the Ottoman world...
7 JUNE 2024 • By William Gourlay
Georgina Van Welie, co-founder of Sabab theatre, shares her perspective on the "Arab" Shakespeare Trilogy for the first...
7 JUNE 2024 • By Georgina Van Welie
"Prisoner of Love" acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution, writes Saleem...
7 JUNE 2024 • By Saleem Haddad
Hara TV3 harnessed interactive theatre and comedy to address gender-based violence and FGM in Egypt writes its founder...
7 JUNE 2024 • By Nada Sabet
