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“Tainted”—fiction from May Haddad

“Tainted”—fiction from May Haddad

In May Haddad's story, a conversation between a young girl and her grandmother reveals the fault lines between...

AUGUST 28, 2023 • By May Haddad
Traveling Through Turkey With Gertrude Bell and Pat Yale

Traveling Through Turkey With Gertrude Bell and Pat Yale

Arie Amaya-Akkermans reviews Pat Yale's latest book that follows in the footsteps of Gertrude Bell while highlighting Turkey's...

AUGUST 28, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Thérèse Soukkar Chehade reviews Laila Halaby's memoir about coming to terms with the trauma of losing her first...

AUGUST 28, 2023 • By Thérèse Soukar Chehade
The End of Arabic and the Dumbing Down of America

The End of Arabic and the Dumbing Down of America

What happens when public universities begin shutting down entire area studies departments, and learning foreign languages becomes a...

AUGUST 28, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
“Kill Yusuf”—a short story by Hisham Al-Najjar

“Kill Yusuf”—a short story by Hisham Al-Najjar

In a modern interpretation of Eros and Thanatos, "Kill Yusuf" reveals how thwarted love can lead to unexpected...

AUGUST 21, 2023 • By Hisham Al-Najjar
On Museums and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

On Museums and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Arie Amaya-Akkermans on the history of war, colonialism, memory and how museums strive to preserve and display artifacts...

AUGUST 21, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?

What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?

Jonathan Ofir on the new book by Daniel Boyarin that questions Jewish identity while weighing Palestinian freedom from...

AUGUST 21, 2023 • By Jonathan Ofir
Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

Bethlehem-born poet Ahmad Almallah describes his trials and tribulations getting published in English in the United States.

AUGUST 21, 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah
Bound Together: My Longings for Ishmael

Bound Together: My Longings for Ishmael

Albert Swissa reminds us that Isaac had a brother who was expelled and erased, with his mother Hagar,...

AUGUST 14, 2023 • By Albert Swissa
Translation and Indigeneity—Amazigh Culture from Treason to Revitalization

Translation and Indigeneity—Amazigh Culture from Treason to Revitalization

Brahim El-Guabli identifies how Amazigh activists have engaged with translation to revitalize their threatened language and culture.

AUGUST 14, 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
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