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Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad is a New York City-based writer, critic and essayist. She’s currently writing a novel, and a collection of essays on North Africa and the Ancient Near East. You can follow Farah on Twitter @farahstlouis.

1 August, 2022 • Farah Abdessamad

Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Farah Abdessamad responds to Tunisia's July 25 constitutional referendum with a poem for her country.

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15 July, 2022 • Farah Abdessamad

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

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

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16 May, 2022 • Farah Abdessamad

Film Review: “How to Kill a Cloud” Brings Rain to the UAE

Farah Abdessamad is fascinated by a climate change documentary about would-be rainmakers in the UAE.

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8 August, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

Egypt Dreams of Revolution, a Review of “Slipping”

Mohamed Kheir’s oneiric novel takes readers on a journey around Egypt after the failed Arab Spring.

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14 May, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay

Yemen street artist, activist and mother Haifa Subay speaks to Farah Abdessamad about the state of the country and her work.

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14 March, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

Truth or Dare? Reinterpreting Al-Harīrī’s Arab Rogue

Farah Abdessamad reviews a new English translation of Impostures from Basra-born Al-Hariri that revives the "eloquent rogue" genre of classical Arabic literature.

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7 March, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

In Yemen, Women are the Heroes

International aid worker and writer Farah Abdessamad has been traveling to Yemen for work since 2014. This is the first time she has written about her experiences there publicly.

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14 February, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Jasmine Revolution: Requiem for a Spring

Half Tunisian, half exile, Farah Abdessamad remembers the jasmine of her childhood and the dreams of Tunisia's future.

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25 January, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

Farah Abdessamad reviews Silence is a Sense, the new novel from Layla AlAmmar.

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14 January, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

Bahamut, or the Salt of the Earth

Farah Abdessamad remembers the Dead Sea and the myth of Bahamut.

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