Essays

“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

The graphic novels or bandes dessinées out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Aomar Boum
Interview: Joe Sacco on Gaza

Interview: Joe Sacco on Gaza

Joe Sacco uses his graphic storytelling in "War on Gaza" to reflect on the events in the Gaza...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Elias Feroz
About to Erupt: A Snapshot of Contemporary Art in Istanbul

About to Erupt: A Snapshot of Contemporary Art in Istanbul

Naima Morelli explores Istanbul’s art scene, discovering its underground energy at a gallery, art fair, and museum retrospective.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Naima Morelli
Imagining Ghanem—My Return to Lebanon

Imagining Ghanem—My Return to Lebanon

The writer explores Lebanon's archives for traces of her family who left 150 years ago, contemplating our responsibilities...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Amelia Izmanki
Doaa: From a Dreamworld to the Ashes of Displacement

Doaa: From a Dreamworld to the Ashes of Displacement

A Gaza writer's creative, hopeful sister struggles to get her degree and build a family in the midst...

30 MAY 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
The End of Civilization as We Know It — a Catastrophology

The End of Civilization as We Know It — a Catastrophology

A review of how some of history’s greatest civilizations' collapse presents ominous parallels with our present predicament.

23 MAY 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
النزوح… ندبة في وجه البيت

النزوح… ندبة في وجه البيت

بعد شهور من الغياب عن بيتها، تعود الكاتبة والشاعرة ضحى كحلوت إليه، لتفاجأ بأنه لا يزال قائمًا بعد...

19 MAY 2025 • By ضحى كحلوت
تقويم الشتات

تقويم الشتات

من بيت والديها في دمشق، تصف ديمة البيطار قلعجي ما استرجعته من ذكريات طفولتها، وتحدثنا عن أدب المنفى...

5 MAY 2025 • By ديمة البيطار قلعجي
طريق البيت

طريق البيت

جزء من نص طويل يعمل عليه الكاتب دلير يوسف عن عودته إلى دمشق في بدايات العام ٢٠٢٥، بعد...

5 MAY 2025 • By دلير يوسف
A Kashmiri in Cashmere

A Kashmiri in Cashmere

After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement,...

2 MAY 2025 • By Nafeesa Syeed
Neither Here Nor There

Neither Here Nor There

Envisioning innovative new futures that challenge conventional thinking and inspire transformative possibilities.

2 MAY 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
Leaving Abdoh, Finding Chamran

Leaving Abdoh, Finding Chamran

Salar Abdoh reflects on returning to Iran, burdened by injustice and a desire to reconnect with a culture...

2 MAY 2025 • By Salar Abdoh
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