The Red and the Blue

Trump’s “Favorite Dictator” Imprisons Journalists

Trump’s “Favorite Dictator” Imprisons Journalists

Trump's "favorite dictator" is Egyptian president Abdefattah el-Sisi, who calls for journalists critical of his regime to be...

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Heba Hayek
A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead

A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead

The novelists and essayists discuss these difficult times, the rise of neo-fascism in India and the U.S., and...

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer

The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer

The Punishment is a first-person account from an author who considers writers to be "witnesses of history."

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By TMR
Arabs & Race in America through the Short Story Prism

Arabs & Race in America through the Short Story Prism

The best writing in "Alligator & Other Stories" starts a different conversation about Arab belonging and assimilation in...

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Rana Asfour
Artists on the Trump Era

Artists on the Trump Era

Three American artists, Daliah Ammar, Sandow Birk and Jos Sances, share their work, created during the Trump administration.

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By TMR
How Are You Feeling? Have the Trump Years Been Good to You?

How Are You Feeling? Have the Trump Years Been Good to You?

We asked Arab and Iranian Americans how they view the Trump years and which way folks are voting.

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By
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