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The Scandal of Ronit Baranga’s “All Things Sweet and Painful”

The Scandal of Ronit Baranga’s “All Things Sweet and Painful”

Philosophy professor David Capps discusses our perception of Israeli sculptress Ronit Baranga's controversial art.

15 APRIL 2022 • By David Capps
Zajal — the Darija Poets of Morocco

Zajal — the Darija Poets of Morocco

Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.

11 APRIL 2022 • By Deborah Kapchan
Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing

Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing

Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?

17 MARCH 2022 • By Neve Gordon
The Angels of Desire

The Angels of Desire

Youssef Rakha meditates on dreams and desire, and why he might just be ready to die for a...

15 MARCH 2022 • By Youssef Rakha
Carlo in Belgrade (in which a father loves a son)

Carlo in Belgrade (in which a father loves a son)

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
“Gluttony” from Abbas Beydoun’s “Frankenstein’s Mirrors”

“Gluttony” from Abbas Beydoun’s “Frankenstein’s Mirrors”

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
Fiction: “Skin Calluses” by Khalil Younes

Fiction: “Skin Calluses” by Khalil Younes

Syrian artist and writer Khalil Younes recalls the strained sexuality of Martyrs Square in Damascus.

15 MARCH 2022 • By Khalil Younes
Reza Abdoh: L.A.’s Theatre Visionary

Reza Abdoh: L.A.’s Theatre Visionary

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
“Where Are You From?” Identity and the Spirit of Ethno-Futurism

“Where Are You From?” Identity and the Spirit of Ethno-Futurism

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
The Alexandrian: Life and Death in L.A.

The Alexandrian: Life and Death in L.A.

An Egyptian American daughter recalls the enduring love her immigrant father harbored for Los Angeles and the American...

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
(G)Hosting the Past: On Michael Rakowitz’s “Reapparitions”

(G)Hosting the Past: On Michael Rakowitz’s “Reapparitions”

Arie Akkermans reviews an Iraqi American's exhibitions as they attempt to recreate missing and destroyed artifacts taken from...

7 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Mapping an Escape from Cairo’s Hyperreality through informal Instagram archives

Mapping an Escape from Cairo’s Hyperreality through informal Instagram archives

Even as the despotic rulers of post-revolution Egypt attempt to remake greater Cairo, hoping to gloss over the...

24 JANUARY 2022 • By Yahia Dabbous
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