Essays

Meditations on Palestinian Exile and Return

Meditations on Palestinian Exile and Return

The essence of Palestinian resilience, survival, and resistance is rooted in dispossession, as noted by Dana El Saleh.

16 AUGUST 2024 • By Dana El Saleh
SPECIAL KURDISH ISSUE: From Kurmanji to English, an Introduction to Selim Temo

SPECIAL KURDISH ISSUE: From Kurmanji to English, an Introduction to Selim Temo

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
Morocco’s Bīylmawn Festival and the Threat of Cultural Attrition

Morocco’s Bīylmawn Festival and the Threat of Cultural Attrition

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
Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

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 Poison Pen

Flaubert’s Poison Pen

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
How to Write About Kurdistan

How to Write About Kurdistan

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
Omar Naim Exclusive: Two Films on Beirut & Theatre

Omar Naim Exclusive: Two Films on Beirut & Theatre

Omar Naim set out to create a film about the Lebanese theatre scene where stage honesty clashes with...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Omar Naim
A Bicentennial Remembrance of Lord Byron, Among Greeks & Turks

A Bicentennial Remembrance of Lord Byron, Among Greeks & Turks

Lord Byron, a theatrical poet, created the concept of celebrity and, with his poetry, brought the Ottoman world...

7 JUNE 2024 • By William Gourlay
Arab Shakespeare?

Arab Shakespeare?

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
Palestine, Political Theatre & the Performance of Queer Solidarity in Jean Genet’s Prisoner of Love

Palestine, Political Theatre & the Performance of Queer Solidarity in Jean Genet’s Prisoner of Love

"Prisoner of Love" acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution, writes Saleem...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Saleem Haddad
 
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