A writer looks back on formative memories of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen and wonders about...
6 JUNE 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
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
A curated selection of memoirs for 2025 featuring captivating stories that provide deep insight into the human experience.
7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Malu Halasa reviews a psycho-social-virtual memoir of Palestine of both emotional and geographic proportions.
7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Malu Halasa
Growing up a "Boy Hassan" in Latakia, Rana Haddad refused to wear a dress and act like a...
7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Rana Haddad
Rima Rantisi depicts the uncertainty and anxiety of Israel's assault on Lebanon, illustrating its impact on daily life.
22 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Rima Rantisi
An inmate in Manus prison who suffers the inhospitable conditions with the rest of the inmates finds solace...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Omid Tofighian
A few words from the editors on the passing of Elias Khoury, on September 15, 2024.
15 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By TMR
Editors recommend their top ten titles to read this season, from novels set in Egypt, Zanzibar, Oman and...
13 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Rana Asfour
The diaries provide a complex double-layered narrative of Nika as a victim of regime brutality, and of Atrash...
5 JULY 2024 • By Poupeh Missaghi
Rusha Rafeek interviews graphic memoirist Malaka Gharib about her Arab American coming of age story.
15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Necati Sönmez
Sara Mokhavat's first passion was for football and the Persepolis team, but being female in Iran put the...
15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
