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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
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
My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution

My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution

Filmmaker and historian Viola Shafik muses on German art, colonialism and restitution in Berlin.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Viola Shafik
Phoneless in Filthy Berlin

Phoneless in Filthy Berlin

Maisan Hamdan, a single Palestinian woman, attempts to survive in Berlin without a cell phone.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Maisan Hamdan
Berlin Gastronomical: A Feast of Flavors

Berlin Gastronomical: A Feast of Flavors

Author and literature professor Randa Aboubakr, who travels back and forth from Cairo to Berlin, explores the city's...

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Randa Aboubakr
Kairo Koshary, Berlin’s Egyptian Food Truck

Kairo Koshary, Berlin’s Egyptian Food Truck

A serial entrepreneur, engineer and nomad settles in Berlin, only to start up an Egyptian food truck.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Mohamed Radwan
Exile, Music, Hope & Nostalgia Among Berlin’s Arab Immigrants

Exile, Music, Hope & Nostalgia Among Berlin’s Arab Immigrants

Cultural historian Diana Abbani meditates on music among Berlin's Arab immigrants.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Diana Abbani
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