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Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

In these stories from his impassioned memoir, Steve Sabella works to decolonize the mind and liberate his identity.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Nawal Nasrallah
Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

From one of the most prominent contemporary authors and poets from Iraqi Kurdistan comes an unforgettable tale of...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Bakytiyar Ali
Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Hawra Al-Nadawi
“Intellectuals”—fiction from Hisham Bustani

“Intellectuals”—fiction from Hisham Bustani

From the fabulous — some would say surreal — Jordanian storyteller who gave us "The Monotonous Chaos of...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Hisham Bustani
Palestinian and Israeli: Excerpt from “Haifa Fragments”

Palestinian and Israeli: Excerpt from “Haifa Fragments”

khulud khamis [sic], a Slovak-Palestinian writer living in Haifa, shares an excerpt from her novel in which Maisoon...

15 MAY 2022 • By khulud khamis
Arguments Toward a Universal Palestinian Identity

Arguments Toward a Universal Palestinian Identity

Palestinian Israeli Maurice Ebileeni looks at the Palestinian experience within and beyond the homeland.

11 MAY 2022 • By Neve Gordon
The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

Cultural anthropologist Matthew Canfield explains the socio-legal basics of food sovereignty and sustainable farming.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Matthew C. Canfield
Chewing Viagra Gum, the Audio Version!

Chewing Viagra Gum, the Audio Version!

Malu Halasa performs Mai Ghoussoub's groundbreaking essay, "Chewing Viagra Gum."

15 MARCH 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Fadi Zaghmout’s banned-in-Jordan “Laila”: a TMR Valentine

Fadi Zaghmout’s banned-in-Jordan “Laila”: a TMR Valentine

In this excerpt of the banned Jordanian novel "Laila," introduced by Rana Asfour and translated by Hajer Almosleh,...

14 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Displaced, the Unwanted, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Displaced, the Unwanted, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel "The Sympathizer," remembers where he came from and how...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Waqar Ahmed
Prison Letters From a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row

Prison Letters From a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row

With his letters from maximum security on death row, Tiyo Attallah Salah-El reveals what the prison experience is...

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Tiyo Attallah Salah-El
Guantánamo—The World’s Most Infamous Prison

Guantánamo—The World’s Most Infamous Prison

An excerpt from Sarah Mirk's graphic novel describes life in the infamous US prison in Cuba.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Sarah Mirk
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