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Farewell to a Football Love Affair in Iran

Farewell to a Football Love Affair in Iran

Sara Mokhavat's first passion was for football and the Persepolis team, but being female in Iran put the...

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
Morocco’s Ultras, the State and the Soccer War

Morocco’s Ultras, the State and the Soccer War

Socio-cultural anthropologist Aomar Boum meditates on the rebel football phenomenon of Morocco's ultras.

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Aomar Boum
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

In this, the second of a three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi continues her dystopic journey.

31 OCTOBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis

Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis

Shreya Parikh joins an authentic ritual for the birth of the Prophet in her Tunis medina.

31 OCTOBER 2022 • By Shreya Parikh
What the Iran Protests Mean for Us—Kamin Mohammadi

What the Iran Protests Mean for Us—Kamin Mohammadi

British-Iranian writer Kamin Mohammadi is a keen observer of the women-led movement that is roiling Iran after the...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Kamin Mohammadi
Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat

Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat

When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium: Decolonizing the Western Gaze

The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium: Decolonizing the Western Gaze

Salma Ahmad Caller reflects on curating a unique museum-quality exhibition of postcards and objects orientalizing women

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Salma Ahmad Caller
Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK

Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK

Facing death threats from the Houthis, minister of education Nadia Al-Sakkaf, editor in chief of the Yemen Times,...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Nadia Al-Sakkaf
Zoulikha, Forgotten Freedom Fighter of the Algerian War

Zoulikha, Forgotten Freedom Fighter of the Algerian War

Fouad Mami meditates on a nearly forgotten heroine of Algeria's war for independence, who was memorialzied in an...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison

Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison

Ibrahim Fawzy remembers the late, great Egyptian feminist author, doctor and activist Nawal El-Saadawi.

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Ibrahim Fawzy
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1

In a new three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi lays bare the surveillance state.

26 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Translating Walter Benjamin on Berlin, a German-Arabic Journey

Translating Walter Benjamin on Berlin, a German-Arabic Journey

Ahmed Farouk, the Arabic translator of Günter Grass, W. G. Sebald and Rosa Luxemburg, among others, struggles with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ahmed Farouk
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