In which Philip Grant muses on Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq’s tenth century cookbook, "Kitāb aṭ-Ṭabīkh" and cooking and baking...
15 APRIL 2022 • By Philip Grant
Cultural anthropologist Matthew Canfield explains the socio-legal basics of food sovereignty and sustainable farming.
15 APRIL 2022 • By Matthew C. Canfield
Philosophy professor David Capps discusses our perception of Israeli sculptress Ronit Baranga's controversial art.
15 APRIL 2022 • By David Capps
Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.
11 APRIL 2022 • By Deborah Kapchan
Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?
17 MARCH 2022 • By Neve Gordon
Youssef Rakha meditates on dreams and desire, and why he might just be ready to die for a...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Youssef Rakha
A father's love for one of his sons is almost ineffable, in Hanif Kureishi's journal intime and travel...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Hanif Kureishi
Lebanese poet-novelist Abbas Baydoun reflects in an autobiographical mode on the melancholy of language and existence, while contemplating...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Abbas Baydoun
Syrian artist and writer Khalil Younes recalls the strained sexuality of Martyrs Square in Damascus.
15 MARCH 2022 • By Khalil Younes
Playwright and theatre director Reza Abdoh left his mark on Los Angeles and national theatre culture, as actor-writer...
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Juliana Francis Kelly
Writer and film executive Bavand Karim meditates on Iranian American identity and an alternative vision for self-realization in...
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Bavand Karim
An Egyptian American daughter recalls the enduring love her immigrant father harbored for Los Angeles and the American...
15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
