A Deaf Boy’s Quest to Find His Voice in a Hearing World
In Edward Lovelace's new documentary, a refugee's handicap becomes a source of inspiration in the struggle for survival.
In Edward Lovelace's new documentary, a refugee's handicap becomes a source of inspiration in the struggle for survival.
In and out of Turkish prisons for his unflinching political essays, Ahmet Altan returns with a new novella in English.
Youssef Rakha is more interested in what it means to be a contemporary Arab-Muslim independently of the West than an American Arab.
Katie Logan has read "The Undesirables" — a graphic novel set in WW II-era Europe and North Africa.
Sarah Naili interviews musical artists who meld eastern and western instruments, and forms, to create their unique sounds of beauty.
Lou Heliot presents a portrait of three engagé novelists who make literature the locus of their resistance.
Anis Shivani finds that Siddhartha Deb's "outright denial of human agency sets him apart from even the most dire modernists."
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the Iraqi correspondent's new memoir on Middle East wars and asks questions.
Yousef M. Aljamal surmises renewed attacks on Jenin signal Israel's intention to end Palestinian hopes for statehood.
Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a musical heritage, one nay at a time.
Books continue to be a mainstay in Beirut, although bookshops are resorting to survival strategies.
Philip Grant took a look at a vast Los Angeles art exhibition that presents 75 independent Arab and Muslim women artists.
Christina Paschyn talks to queer activists in the Gulf who challenge the Western narrative on oppression and freedom for the LGBTQ community.
Journalist and filmmaker Dima Hamdan talks to the young Syrian director of the documentary "All Roads Lead to More."
David Rife reviews the latest fiction from the Sudanese British author of more than a dozen literary and noir novels.