Essays

Missiles and Rhetoric — a Tehrani Reflects on the “12-Day War”

Missiles and Rhetoric — a Tehrani Reflects on the “12-Day War”

A writer in Tehran surveys the wreckage after 12 days of missiles, bombs and rhetoric flying between Israel...

27 JUNE 2025 • By Amir
Life Under the Shadow of Missiles: the View From Iran

Life Under the Shadow of Missiles: the View From Iran

A writer-artist sits in a café in Tehran with a failing internet connection, risking life and limb to...

20 JUNE 2025 • By Amir
Israel is Today’s Sparta: Middle East Wars Viewed from Iraq

Israel is Today’s Sparta: Middle East Wars Viewed from Iraq

Somewhere in Tehran, a child feels the same incomprehensible terror as foreign missiles fall, just as the writer...

20 JUNE 2025 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Cairo: A Downtown in Search of Lost Global City Status

Cairo: A Downtown in Search of Lost Global City Status

A photo festival backed by a real estate developer puts the spotlight on Cairo's Downtown under transformation.

13 JUNE 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Mama’s Kitchen

Mama’s Kitchen

A writer looks back on formative memories in the kitchen and wonders about the value of women’s work.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Victorious Decolonization in the Work of Joyce Joumaa

Victorious Decolonization in the Work of Joyce Joumaa

Lebanese Canadian writer and visual artist Joyce Joumaa’s videos demonstrate that the colonized are not passive recipients of...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Aidan Simardone
“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

Graphic novels out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and rebellion against European colonialism.

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 through a gallery, an art fair, and a 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
 
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