Deborah Williams

Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel for Our Present Dystopia

Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel for Our Present Dystopia

An NYU professor who has frequently taught this Iraqi novel finds that two months into Trump 2.0, its...

21 MARCH, 2025 • By Deborah Williams
It Is Time to Reclaim Public Intellectuals

It Is Time to Reclaim Public Intellectuals

  Deborah Lindsey Williams   Writing in the early part of the 19th century, Alexis de Tocqueville observed...

1 OCTOBER, 2023 • By Deborah Williams
Rebecca Makkai’s New Novel Makes Us Question What We Know

Rebecca Makkai’s New Novel Makes Us Question What We Know

Deborah Williams reviews the new literary thriller from Rebecca Makkai that makes us question everything we know.

8 MAY, 2023 • By Deborah Williams
Censorship, Book Burning and Abu Dhabi Orientalism

Censorship, Book Burning and Abu Dhabi Orientalism

Abu Dhabi-based professor Deborah Williams contrasts the new American censorship of "Maus" and Harry Potter book burning with...

7 FEBRUARY, 2022 • By Deborah Williams
Reflections on Abu Dhabi and the U.A.E. at 50

Reflections on Abu Dhabi and the U.A.E. at 50

The powerhouse United Arab Emirates has just fêted 50 years as a country, and 10-year resident Deborah Williams...

13 DECEMBER, 2021 • By Deborah Williams
Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

When friends in Abu Dhabi asked Deborah Williams how she could support MBS by going to “his” festival,...

22 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By Deborah Williams
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