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The Imagination Interviews

15 April, 2022 • Matthew C. Canfield

The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

Cultural anthropologist Matthew Canfield explains the socio-legal basics of food sovereignty and sustainable farming.

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15 April, 2022 • Layla Maghribi

Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London

London-based journalist Layla Maghribi recalls her family dinners in Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian culinary traditions.

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11 April, 2022 • Deborah Kapchan

Zajal — the Darija Poets of Morocco

Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.

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11 April, 2022 • Karén Jallatyan

Ghosts of Beirut: a Review of “displaced”

Karén Jallatyan reviews the book of Beirut's Armenian community with photography by Ara Oshagan and an essay by Krikor Beledian.

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28 March, 2022 • Sherine Elbanhawy

Mohamed Metwalli’s “A Song by the Aegean Sea” Reviewed

Sherine Elbanhawy finds that Mohamed Metwalli’s newly-translated poetry collection is the perfect form of escapism.

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28 March, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Artist Hayv Kahraman’s “Gut Feelings” Exhibition Reviewed

Melissa Chemam is swept away by an Iraqi American artist's latest exhibit at Mosaic Rooms in London.

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21 March, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon

A new film depicts the treachery of being Palestinian living under the Israeli Occupation Forces in Bethlehem.

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21 March, 2022 • Yossi Khen, Jeff Warner

U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine

Two Jewish activists decry hypocrisy when it comes to condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine but not Israeli aggression against Palestinians.

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21 March, 2022 • Sarah Ben Hamadi

“Ghodwa” or the Bitter Taste of the Unfinished Tunisian Revolution

Sarah Ben Hamadi reviews a new Tunisian feature film that weighs the successes and failures of the revolution.

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21 March, 2022 • Maha Tourbah

Nowruz and The Sins of the New Day

Guest columnist Maha Tourbah considers the advent of the Spring Equinox, Zoroastrian Nowruz and hopes for peace.

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21 March, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Music in the Middle East: Bring Back Peace

Our music columnist Melissa Chemam, disturbed by the war in Ukraine, makes the link between Odesa and Beirut via DJ Sama' Abdulhadi.

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17 March, 2022 • Neve Gordon, Nicola Perugini

Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing

Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?

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15 March, 2022 • Youssef Rakha

The Angels of Desire

Youssef Rakha meditates on dreams and desire, and why he might just be ready to die for a stranger.

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15 March, 2022 • Malu Halasa

Chewing Viagra Gum, the Audio Version!

Malu Halasa performs Mai Ghoussoub's groundbreaking essay, "Chewing Viagra Gum."

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15 March, 2022 • Hanif Kureishi

Carlo in Belgrade (in which a father loves a son)

A father's love for one of his sons is almost ineffable, in Hanif Kureishi's journal intime and travel account in Covid times.

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