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31 July, 2023 • Katie Logan

Arab American Teens Come of Age in Nayra and the Djinn

Katie Logan reviews a graphic novel that blends the real world with the fantastical in a coming of age journey.

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17 July, 2023 • Katie Logan

New Graphic Novel is a Memorial for Holocaust Undesirables

Katie Logan has read "The Undesirables" — a graphic novel set in WW II-era Europe and North Africa.

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2 July, 2023 • Rawand Issa, Amy Chiniara

Inside the Giant Fish—excerpt from Rawand Issa’s graphic novel

In Rawand Issa's "Inside the Giant Fish," a girl looks for her lost memories on a beach that no longer exists.

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1 May, 2023 • Clive Bell

Hard Work: Kurdish Kolbars or Porters Risk Everything

Clive Bell reviews the latest graphic novel from Mana Neyestani on the hardships of being a Kurdish porter.

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1 May, 2023 • Malu Halasa

TMR Conversations: Mana Neyestani, Graphic Novelist

Malu Halasa interviews the Iranian graphic novelist who like Marjane Satrapi has made France his home as a political refugee.

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24 April, 2023 • Katie Logan

Squire, the Provocative Graphic Novel That Channels Edward Said

Katie Logan reviews a familiar coming-of-age story elevated by deep thinking about the nature of history, empire and narrative.

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13 March, 2023 • Katie Logan

The Politics of Wishful Thinking: Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik

Katie Logan reviews the much-anticipated English version of the Egyptian graphic novel, a tour de force.

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