The Marrakesh African Book Festival (FLAM) challenges a western-focused discourse, foregrounding African writers.
12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Lulu Norman
Playwright Melis Aker makes a compelling argument in favor of shadows.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Melis Aker
A writer explores what home means when one's life is upended and what once held cherished emotions disintegrates.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Neemah Ahamed
An essay on how and why grieving for Palestine is being policed in classrooms, newsrooms, and beyond.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Adam Makary
Maysaa Alajjan on a homeland that never accepted her, and another that she never knew.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Maysaa Alajjan
أمضى محمد فرج أعوامًا في رحلة بحث عن تفاصيل حياة دكتور طه محمود طه، مترجم جيمس جويس الأسطوري،...
20 OCTOBER 2025 • By محمد فرج
In the Global South, abstraction connects with modernism and evades censorship. Could it be a powerful way to...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
An artist is unable to go on with life and work as usual, while Israelis are committed to...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
Two years into the crushing genocide in Gaza, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi recalls her displacements and the significance of...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
في هذا المقتطف من كتاب «النص الأصلي»، يحدثنا محمد الفولي عن مصادفات دراسته اللغة الإسبانية، وعن العلاقة الخفية...
6 OCTOBER 2025 • By محمد الفولي
An artist watching starvation in Gaza from afar befriends a fox in Abu Dhabi. Nature, the destroyer, also...
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Noura Ali-Ramahi
A writer confronts the harsh reality of performative acceptance versus true solidarity as her community's struggles become inconvenient.
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Christina Adranly