Essays

The Complexity of Belonging: Reflections of a Female Copt

The Complexity of Belonging: Reflections of a Female Copt

  Nevine Abraham Growing up in Shoubra, one of the most populated Christian suburbs of Cairo, I met...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Nevine Abraham
Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Omar El Akkad, author of American War and What Strange Paradise, looks at 20 years of blowback.

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Omar El Akkad
Voyage of Lost Keys, an Armenian art installation

Voyage of Lost Keys, an Armenian art installation

Aimée Papazian Art and text by Aimée Papazian; photos by Stephen Ironside   “Voyage of Lost Keys,” a...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Aimée Papazian
Obdurate Moroccan Memories: Abdelkrim’s Afterlife in a Graphic Novel

Obdurate Moroccan Memories: Abdelkrim’s Afterlife in a Graphic Novel

Brahim El Guabli writes about the Amazigh leader and resistance fighter Abdelkarim who inspired great Moroccan graphic novels.

15 AUGUST 2021 • By Brahim El Guabli
The Gaza Mythologies

The Gaza Mythologies

Historian and thinker Ilan Pappe deconstructs three problematic myths about Gaza and Hamas in this except from his...

14 JULY 2021 • By Ilan Pappé
Gaza, You and Me

Gaza, You and Me

A Palestinian student in Gaza and a Palestinian doing post-doctoral work in the States compare their experience of...

14 JULY 2021 • By Abdallah Salha
Alive in Gaza

Alive in Gaza

Ramzy Baroud tells the story of an American solidarity activist who went to Gaza and wound up living...

14 JULY 2021 • By Ramzy Baroud
In Retrospect: An American Educator in Gaza

In Retrospect: An American Educator in Gaza

A native Californian of Arab heritage finds herself returning to Gaza again and again to teach promising students...

14 JULY 2021 • By Diane Shammas
Making a Film in Gaza

Making a Film in Gaza

The screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.

14 JULY 2021 • By Elana Golden
Gaza IS Palestine

Gaza IS Palestine

Jenine Abboushi recalls family histories and lifelong friendships linking Gaza with Ramallah, Jenin and Jerusalem.

14 JULY 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sailing to Gaza to Break the Siege

Sailing to Gaza to Break the Siege

One of the cofounders of the Free Gaza movement to break the siege of Gaza, Greta Berlin, tells...

14 JULY 2021 • By Greta Berlin
Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared

Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared

In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old...

14 JUNE 2021 • By C.S. Layla
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