Can the Bilingual Speak?
Anton Shammas — the Palestinian novelist who wrote the Hebrew-language "Arabeques" — attempts to sort himself.
Anton Shammas — the Palestinian novelist who wrote the Hebrew-language "Arabeques" — attempts to sort himself.
Writer Yaëlle Azagury recalls childhood lessons she learned from her mother's adafina, a special dish for Shabbat.
In which Philip Grant muses on Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq’s tenth century cookbook, "Kitāb aṭ-Ṭabīkh" and cooking and baking 12 centuries later.
Cultural anthropologist Matthew Canfield explains the socio-legal basics of food sovereignty and sustainable farming.
Philosophy professor David Capps discusses our perception of Israeli sculptress Ronit Baranga's controversial art.
Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.
Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?
Youssef Rakha meditates on dreams and desire, and why he might just be ready to die for a stranger.
A father's love for one of his sons is almost ineffable, in Hanif Kureishi's journal intime and travel account in Covid times.
Lebanese poet-novelist Abbas Baydoun reflects in an autobiographical mode on the melancholy of language and existence, while contemplating sweets.
Syrian artist and writer Khalil Younes recalls the strained sexuality of Martyrs Square in Damascus.
Playwright and theatre director Reza Abdoh left his mark on Los Angeles and national theatre culture, as actor-writer Juliana Francis Kelly recounts in her look back on their collaborative relationship.