Youssef Rakha meditates on dreams and desire, and why he might just be ready to die for a...
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Youssef Rakha
Malu Halasa performs Mai Ghoussoub's groundbreaking essay, "Chewing Viagra Gum."
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Rana Asfour
A father's love for one of his sons is almost ineffable, in Hanif Kureishi's journal intime and travel...
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Hanif Kureishi
A take on desire from a masterful cook and Bethlehem chef, Fadi Kattan.
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Ella Shohat
A young Arab American concierge working at the iconic Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills recalls what it was...
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Gilbert Achcar
Lebanese poet-novelist Abbas Baydoun reflects in an autobiographical mode on the melancholy of language and existence, while contemplating...
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Abbas Baydoun
Three poems of love and desire, composed in Beirut during the darkest days of the civil war, and war...
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
Artist Reem Mouasher shares her recent series of paintings, inspired by the era of hand-written love letters, borrowing...
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Atia Shafee
Syrian artist and writer Khalil Younes recalls the strained sexuality of Martyrs Square in Damascus.
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Khalil Younes
A frank look at the changing social attitudes toward sexuality in war-torn Syria.
MARCH 15, 2022 • By Rana Asfour