White Torture Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement
Kamin Mohammadi (no relation) has read Narges Mohammadi's new book, even as the author sits in Evin Prison, unable to be with her family.
The Imagination Interviews
TMR’s Multilingual Lexicon of Love for Valentine’s Day
Expressions of love in Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish and Kurdish, to give Valentine's Day a new meaning.
Displacement, Migration are at the Heart of Istanbul Exhibit
Jennifer Hattam reviews "After the Birds: Utopia" at Istanbul's Sadberk Hanım Museum — an exhibition inspired by refugees.
The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon
Amal Ghandour, author of "This Arab Life," casts her penetrating gaze on the burdens of Lebanon, including the economic meltdown and political gridlock.
Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon
Evelyne Accad reviews a new book on Lebanese women and war, a collection of oral stories told in Arabic and translated by Malek Abisaab.
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan
In her Sudden Journeys column for February, Jenine Abboushi unfurls the Jordanian desert and mountains in the Wadi Feynan.
Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of Fauda Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead
Paris-based critic Brett Kline finds that the latest season of "Fauda" lacks in verisimilitude what it makes up for in violence.
Post-Revolution, Arab Cinema is Producing Dystopic Narratives
Viola Shafik has seen several post-thawra Arab features that convey a bleak and dystopian vision of the present.
The Markaz Review Interview—Ayad Akhtar
A Pultizer winner for his play "Disgraced," Ayad Akhtar is the current President of PEN America and author of the novel "Homeland Elegies."
Dunya Mikhail Knows Her Poetry Will Not Save You
Dunya Mikhail is a UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture laureate who has also won a UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing.
Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”
Immigrant poet Mihaela Muscaliuc has wandered half her life, far afield from her native Romania, and is always in motion.
Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media
Iraqi lawyers and activists in a Baghdad-based NGO have been working to stop honor killings, but were unable to help Tiba al-Ali, reports Malu Halasa.
Dispossessed by Climate—Iraqi Refugees in Their Own Country
Writer-photographer Susan Schulman documents the climate devastation that has sent many Iraqis into internal exile.
Reading Iraq: Our Top 10 List of Iraqi Fiction
A list of must-read Iraqi fiction, from Ahmed Saadawi's "Frankenstein in Baghdad" to Sinan Antoon's "The Book of Collateral Damage."
Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari
An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.