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Why Fawwaz Traboulsi?

Why Fawwaz Traboulsi?

Twenty years ago, argues Amal Ghandour, it would have been Edward Said. It’s Traboulsi, his best translator, in...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine

Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine

In her new book, Dima Issa argues that the influence of Lebanese vocal artist Fairouz on the Arab...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dima Issa
Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Political Prisoner and Public Intellectual

Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Political Prisoner and Public Intellectual

Yasmine Al Rashidi on writer-thinker Alaa Abdel Fattah who advocates for the rights of those without platforms to...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Yasmine El Rashidi
Art Curators as Public Intellectuals

Art Curators as Public Intellectuals

Naima Morelli talks to Rose Issa, Sara Raza, Farah Abushullaih and Alia Al-Senussi about art and intellectuals.

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Naima Morelli
Donkeys and Mules—Motors of the High Atlas Mountains

Donkeys and Mules—Motors of the High Atlas Mountains

Aomar Boom describes the centrality of donkeys and mules to life in the unforgiving earthquake-shattered terrain of the...

25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Aomar Boum
Disaster and Language—the Disarticulation of Seismic Pain in Tamazight

Disaster and Language—the Disarticulation of Seismic Pain in Tamazight

Brahim El Guabli argues that Morocco's disaster survivors must be able to communicate in their mother tongue.

25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan

Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan

Arie Amaya-Akkermans does a deep dive into the fascinating career of Istanbul-born Greek Armenian artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan.

18 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Anatolian Journey: a Writer Travels to Sultan Han to Witness a Postmodern Installation

Anatolian Journey: a Writer Travels to Sultan Han to Witness a Postmodern Installation

Matt Hanson, an art writer in Turkey, drives across the high plains between Ankara and Konya to see...

18 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Matt Hanson
When the Earth Shook: Notes From a Marrakesh Survivor

When the Earth Shook: Notes From a Marrakesh Survivor

Renowned record producer Sir Robin Millar reports from Marrakesh, 45 miles from the epicenter of Morocco’s devastating earthquake.

11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Robin Millar
September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

The other 9/11: Francisco Letelier on Ariel Dorfman's latest novel in the context of his family's history in...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Francisco Letelier
A Day in the Life with Forugh Farrokhzad (and a Tortoise)

A Day in the Life with Forugh Farrokhzad (and a Tortoise)

A woman's sexual ruminations kindles memories of her conservative upbringing in Iran and a longing for the liberating...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Fargol Malekpoosh
London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

Selma Dabbagh's run through a London cemetery proves to be valuable fodder for the creative inspiration the writer...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Selma Dabbagh
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