A Permanent Temporariness
An Egyptian in Berlin finds she and her partner live in a state of seemingly permanent transition.
Category: Essays
Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign
Novelist and poet Laila Halaby reconciles herself with the neighborhood.
An Outsider’s Long Goodbye
I love Beirut. I've lived there for longer than I've lived anywhere else on earth. But what happened in Beirut on August 4th is profoundly not my story.