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Reading The Orchards of Basra

Reading The Orchards of Basra

The Orchards of Basra, a novel by Mansoura Ez-Eldin Interlink Publishing 2025 ISBN 9781626499815   Mansoura Ez-Eldin’s The Orchards...

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Palestinian Cartographies—a review of Mapping My Return

Palestinian Cartographies—a review of Mapping My Return

Maps are narratives of the past, present, and future, powerful chronicles of presence and absence, ownership and theft,...

AUGUST 29, 2025 • By Mai Al-Nakib
September World Picks from the Editors

September World Picks from the Editors

Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, concerts and several new recommended books for September to add to your reading list.

AUGUST 29, 2025 • By TMR
Once Upon a Time in Gaza Wants to Be an Indie Western

Once Upon a Time in Gaza Wants to Be an Indie Western

The new feature from the Nasser brothers takes place in the context of Gaza's siege, but well before...

AUGUST 29, 2025 • By Karim Goury
From Stitch to Symbol: The Power of Palestinian Tatreez

From Stitch to Symbol: The Power of Palestinian Tatreez

Palestinian embroidery is dynamic, and artists, designers, and makers are constantly finding new ways to innovate and reinterpret...

AUGUST 22, 2025 • By Joanna Barakat
Body Shaming—Woes of the Motherland

Body Shaming—Woes of the Motherland

How do you practice self-acceptance the next time your mother admonishes you over a cookie or your body...

AUGUST 22, 2025 • By Souseh
Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's...

AUGUST 15, 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
Ali Cherri’s show at Marseille’s [mac] Is Watching You

Ali Cherri’s show at Marseille’s [mac] Is Watching You

Ali Cherri’s new show in Marseille, on view through the 4th of January 2026, deconstructs the museum from...

AUGUST 15, 2025 • By Naima Morelli
Egyptian Novelist Skewers British Bureaucracy with Black Humor

Egyptian Novelist Skewers British Bureaucracy with Black Humor

Shady Lewis' new novel skewers British bureaucracy while exploring the immigrant experience with black humor and surreal situations.

AUGUST 15, 2025 • By Valeria Berghinz
Without Women, the 2011 Revolution Might Have Never Been

Without Women, the 2011 Revolution Might Have Never Been

The long history of Egyptian women's activism created the intellectual and political background for revolution.

AUGUST 8, 2025 • By Jasmin Attia
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