Selma Dabbagh

The World After Gaza—a Review

The World After Gaza—a Review

Technology, rational division of labor, and deference to authority enabled ordinary people to contribute to acts of mass...

28 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Selma Dabbagh
Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide by Atif Abu Saif

Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide by Atif Abu Saif

A Gaza diary that is a physician's personal testimony on life under excruciating, unrelenting bombardment, loss and hardship.

20 SEPTEMBER, 2024 • By Selma Dabbagh
Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew by Avi Shlaim—a Review

Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew by Avi Shlaim—a Review

Selma Dabbagh reviews Avi Shlaim's memoir about his coming-of-age as an Iraqi Jew, living as a minority in...

19 JULY, 2024 • By Selma Dabbagh
The Mystery of Enayat al-Zayyat in Iman Mersal’s Tour de Force

The Mystery of Enayat al-Zayyat in Iman Mersal’s Tour de Force

Selma Dabbagh reviews a masterpiece that gives insight into the life of a remarkable woman artist striving to...

25 SEPTEMBER, 2023 • By Selma Dabbagh
London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

Selma Dabbagh's run through a London cemetery proves to be valuable fodder for the creative inspiration the writer...

3 SEPTEMBER, 2023 • By Selma Dabbagh
Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

A short story of international love from the author of the Gaza novel "Out of It."

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Selma Dabbagh
Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”

Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”

There are times when you can think of little else but escaping your present reality, as Rashid does...

14 JULY, 2021 • By Selma Dabbagh
Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Selma Dabbagh reviews the story of Egypt's pioneering women performers and feminists, including Oum Khoulthum and Munira al-Maydiyya.

16 MAY, 2021 • By Selma Dabbagh
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