Women and Literary Madness
Shahd Alshammari, a scholar of illness and disability, has written an extended study of literary madness.
Category: Latest Reviews
War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”
Farah Abdessamad considers generations of survivors in Yemen's first experimental film.
Lebanon in a Loop: A Retrospective of “Waves ‘98”
Youssef Manessa reviews a short film from Ely Dagher that speaks to his generation of Lebanese born in the '90s.
Between Illness and Exile in “Head Above Water”
Tugrul Mende reviews Shadh Alshammari's brave account of fighting MS and abelism.
Hanif Kureishi: “Asha and Haaji”
The author of the story collection "Love in a Blue Time" and the novels "Intimacy" and "The Last Word" weaves a dystopian tale of love and literature.
Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine
The artist and writer from Palestine has a universal vision to bring people together across boundaries and borders.
Mai Al-Nakib: “Naaseha’s Counsel”
The author of the novel "An Unlasting Home" recalls stories of African slaves in Iraq and Kuwait.
Ahmed Naji: “Godshow.com”
The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in the Nevada desert.
Joumana Haddad: “Victim #232”
A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an Arab."
Rabih Alameddine: “Remembering Nasser”
Winner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner award, novelist Rabih Alameddine tells an essential story from his Beirut childhood.
Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”
Riding the bus down memory lane, a Palestinian American scholar of digital culture at MIT recalls her time in Jerusalem and Haifa.
Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”
The filmmaker behind "Tell Spring Not to Come This Year" and "A Thousand Fires" journeys with Mohammad Bakri to find home.