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
Empathy requires knowledge and collective action to avoid blindly following the crowds, writes Nancy Kricorian.
24 MAY 2024 • By Nancy Kricorian
In which the authors argue that, "If Israel, with Western support, achieves its aims in Gaza, it will...
17 MAY 2024 • By Sara Roy
In her latest essay, writer Jenine Abboushi reminds us that the ethnic cleansing and destruction of Palestinian society...
17 MAY 2024 • By Jenine Abboushi
Mai Al-Nakib explores memory, forgetting, and writing through the lenses of Woolf, Proust, and a Wim Wenders film.
3 MAY 2024 • By Mai Al-Nakib
