Bilingual poems, in Arabic and English, from Iman Mersal (Egypt), Ines Abassi (Tunisia) and Ashjan Hendi (Saudi Arabia).
11 OCTOBER 2023 • By Sarah Coolidge
Deborah Williams reviews the new literary thriller from Rebecca Makkai that makes us question everything we know.
8 MAY 2023 • By Deborah Williams
Arab writer Nashwa Nasreldin reflects on her work experiences at home and abroad, and on the meaning of...
1 MAY 2023 • By Nashwa Nasreldin
Katie Logan reviews a familiar coming-of-age story elevated by deep thinking about the nature of history, empire and...
24 APRIL 2023 • By Katie Logan
Art historian William Carruthers explores the modern city of Luxor and the ancient site of Thebes along the...
10 APRIL 2023 • By William Carruthers
Laura Silvia Battaglia, on the set of Hanging Gardens, explores the burgeoning Iraqi film scene in Baghdad.
27 MARCH 2023 • By Laura Silvia Battaglia
An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Inaam Kachachi
Adil Bouhelal reviews the new novel from the author of "Le Nez Juif" with its exploration of Lebanon...
23 JANUARY 2023 • By Adil Bouhelal
The co-directors of Combatants for Peace, ex-Palestinian and Israeli fighters, invite readers to attend on May 15th.
25 APRIL 2022 • By Rana Salman
For April's column, music critic Melissa Chemam looks longingly at the legend of Lebanon's diva.
25 APRIL 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Every warm-blooded Arab loves a good conspiracy theory — so, it turns out, do many Americans, observes cultural...
7 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Munir Atalla
Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel "The Sympathizer," remembers where he came from and how...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Waqar Ahmed
