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Essays

9 August, 2024 • Zêdan Xelef

SPECIAL KURDISH ISSUE: From Kurmanji to English, an Introduction to Selim Temo

To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Selim Temo's "Nightlands," we present an introductory essay and two poems from the Pinsapo Press edition.

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12 July, 2024 • Brahim El Guabli

Morocco’s Bīylmawn Festival and the Threat of Cultural Attrition

The Bīylmawn festival has recently made a comeback but not everyone is pleased with the highly stylized and artistically reimagined carnival.

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5 July, 2024 • Ahmed Naji

Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed by oil.

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5 July, 2024 • Tarek Abi Samra, Lina Mounzer

Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert's theory of meaning and form rests on a mystical conception of the nature of writing, alongside the theory of music in writing.

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5 July, 2024 • Poupeh Missaghi

The Mourning Diaries of Atash Shakarami

The diaries provide a complex double-layered narrative of Nika as a victim of regime brutality, and of Atrash as a survivor of state horror.

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5 July, 2024 • Bel Parker

The Butcher’s Assistant—a true story set in Alexandria

While studying abroad in Alexandria, Bel Parker becomes a butcher's apprentice to immerse herself in the local language and culture.

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14 June, 2024 • Matthew Broomfield

How to Write About Kurdistan

A writer's satirical guide on how to write about the hapless, subjugated Kurds, if you're not already filming them for a documentary.

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7 June, 2024 • Elie Chalala

Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state chokehold on freedom of expression. 

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7 June, 2024 • Omar Naim

Omar Naim Exclusive: Two Films on Beirut & Theatre

Omar Naim set out to create a film about the Lebanese theatre scene where stage honesty clashes with street deceit.

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7 June, 2024 • William Gourlay

A Bicentennial Remembrance of Lord Byron, Among Greeks & Turks

Lord Byron, a theatrical poet, created the concept of celebrity and, with his poetry, brought the Ottoman world to European audiences.

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7 June, 2024 • Georgina Van Welie

Arab Shakespeare?

Georgina Van Welie, co-founder of Sabab theatre, shares her perspective on the "Arab" Shakespeare Trilogy for the first time

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7 June, 2024 • Saleem Haddad

Palestine, Political Theatre & the Performance of Queer Solidarity in Jean Genet’s Prisoner of Love

"Prisoner of Love" acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution, writes Saleem Haddad.

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7 June, 2024 • Nada Sabet

Laughing for Change—Activist Theatre Tours Egypt

Hara TV3 harnessed interactive theatre and comedy to address gender-based violence and FGM in Egypt writes its founder Nada Sabet.

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31 May, 2024 • Nadine Aranki

What Is Home?—Gazans Redefine Place Amid Displacement

Continuously displaced Palestinians redefine "home" in Osama Kahlout’s surprising photographs from the war on Gaza.

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24 May, 2024 • Nancy Kricorian

A Small Kernel of Human Kindness: Some Notes on Solidarity and Resistance

Empathy requires knowledge and collective action to avoid blindly following the crowds, writes Nancy Kricorian.

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