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مقتطف من كتاب سلوى لكريم جمال: تحت الشمس في بورسعيد

مقتطف من كتاب سلوى لكريم جمال: تحت الشمس في بورسعيد

ننشر فصلًا من كتاب "سلوى: سيرة بلا نهاية لكريم جمال، حيث يسرد لنا يومًا في حياة المذيعة المصرية...

16 JUNE 2025 • By كريم جمال
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
Ahlat Reimagined—Birthplace of Turkish Rule in Anatolia

Ahlat Reimagined—Birthplace of Turkish Rule in Anatolia

The Turkish government has reintegrated Ahlat into the national narrative, but its history is more complex than acknowledged.

29 NOVEMBER 2024 • By William Gourlay
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence in The Horrors of Adana

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence in The Horrors of Adana

A book addressing the Adana massacre and exploring the events and dynamics that lead to acts of violence...

20 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Sean Casey
Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo

Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo

Maha Al Aswad sheds light on Egyptian writer Mohammad Hafez Ragab, a literary figure of the 1960s whose...

6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Maha Al Aswad
In and Between Languages: Writing on the Fault Line

In and Between Languages: Writing on the Fault Line

Nektaria Anastasiadou writes about her decision to pen her works using the historically fractured language of the Istanbul...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Reza Aslan’s An American Martyr in Persia Argues for US-Iranian Friendship

Reza Aslan’s An American Martyr in Persia Argues for US-Iranian Friendship

Dalia Sofer reviews Reza Aslan's latest book on American Howard Baskerville, "martyred" alongside revolutionary students in Iran in...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dalia Sofer
The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium: Decolonizing the Western Gaze

The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium: Decolonizing the Western Gaze

Salma Ahmad Caller reflects on curating a unique museum-quality exhibition of postcards and objects orientalizing women

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Salma Ahmad Caller
Translating Walter Benjamin on Berlin, a German-Arabic Journey

Translating Walter Benjamin on Berlin, a German-Arabic Journey

Ahmed Farouk, the Arabic translator of Günter Grass, W. G. Sebald and Rosa Luxemburg, among others, struggles with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ahmed Farouk
My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution

My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution

Filmmaker and historian Viola Shafik muses on German art, colonialism and restitution in Berlin.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Viola Shafik
The Mystery of Tycoon Michel Baida in Old Arab Berlin

The Mystery of Tycoon Michel Baida in Old Arab Berlin

Film curator and scholar Irit Neidhardt searches for clues to the Berlin disappearance of gramophone tycoon Michel Baida.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Irit Neidhardt
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