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Big Laleh, Little Laleh—memoir by Shokouh Moghimi

Big Laleh, Little Laleh—memoir by Shokouh Moghimi

Who knows what drives anyone mad? For a sister who loves her big sister and emulates her, the...

JULY 15, 2022 • By Asmaa Azaizeh
“The Devil’s Waiting List”—a story by Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi

“The Devil’s Waiting List”—a story by Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi

A solitary bachelor, seeking success as a writer, wonders what he has to do in contemporary Cairo to...

JULY 15, 2022 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
Where to Now, Ya Asfoura?—a story by Sarah AlKahly-Mills

Where to Now, Ya Asfoura?—a story by Sarah AlKahly-Mills

You can run from grief and death until you lose your mind, but life is reserved for those...

JULY 15, 2022 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

Youssef Rahka introduces us to his Egyptian friend Maged Zaher and his seventh volume of poetry, composed in...

JULY 15, 2022 • By Laila Halaby
American Theocracy and Failed States

American Theocracy and Failed States

Ani Zonneveld, leader of a progressive Muslim organization, argues that the United States is sliding perilously toward theocracy.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Ani Zonneveld
Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the film in which a Paris-trained shrink analyzes fellow Tunisians suffering from mental maladies.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
Women and Literary Madness

Women and Literary Madness

Shahd Alshammari, a scholar of illness and disability, has written an extended study of literary madness.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Mark Habeeb
War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”

War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”

Farah Abdessamad considers generations of survivors in Yemen's first experimental film.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Danielle Haque
Lebanon in a Loop: A Retrospective of “Waves ’98”

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...

JULY 15, 2022 • By Rabih Alameddine
Between Illness and Exile in “Head Above Water”

Between Illness and Exile in “Head Above Water”

Tugrul Mende reviews Shadh Alshammari's brave account of fighting MS and abelism.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Oliver Gloag
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