Falastin, Sami Tamimi’s “Palestinian Modern”
N.A. Mansour reviews the tantalizing recipes in Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley's new cookbook of Palestinian cuisine.
Book Reviews
Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten
A Land Like You gives a palpable sense of a community that could not have imagined its own uprooting out of Egypt.
Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift
Maalouf draws a line from pivotal years in Middle Eastern history to some of the most pressing dilemmas currently facing humanity.
Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma
I am waiting for the Tunisian American writer Leila Chatti to tell me, in her own words, in her debut collection of poetry, Deluge, about women in Islam, but she is telling me about blood instead.
Algiers, the Black Panthers & the Revolution
While Elaine Mokhtefi worked devotedly for the Black Panthers, the men who ran it were, it turned out, deeply flawed.