Essays

Can the Bilingual Speak?

Can the Bilingual Speak?

Anton Shammas — the Palestinian novelist who wrote the Hebrew-language "Arabeques" — attempts to sort himself.

15 MAY 2022 • By Anton Shammas
Adafina Brings Alive Childhood Memories from Tangier

Adafina Brings Alive Childhood Memories from Tangier

Writer Yaëlle Azagury recalls childhood lessons she learned from her mother's adafina, a special dish for Shabbat.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Yaëlle Azagury
Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

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
The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

Cultural anthropologist Matthew Canfield explains the socio-legal basics of food sovereignty and sustainable farming.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Matthew C. Canfield
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
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