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And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France

And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France

Laëtitia Soula toured the expansive photo exhibit Portraits of France, which celebrates the lives of 318 immigrants who...

MAY 22, 2023 • By Laëtitia Soula
How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

Bethlehem native and novelist Karim Kattan reviews the new book by Jacob Norris that tells the 19th century...

MAY 15, 2023 • By Karim Kattan
Radius Recounts a History of Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square

Radius Recounts a History of Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square

Sally AlHaq reviews the recent book by Yasmin El-Rifae on the history of sexual assault in Tahrir Square...

MAY 15, 2023 • By Sally AlHaq
A Debut Novel, Between Two Moons, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn

A Debut Novel, Between Two Moons, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn

Novelist R.P. Finch reviews the debut novel of Aisha Abdel Gawad, set in the "Arabland" of Bay Ridge,...

MAY 15, 2023 • By R.P. Finch
Where Are Yesterday’s Dhufar Revolutionaries Today?

Where Are Yesterday’s Dhufar Revolutionaries Today?

Speaking of Arab revolutions, Tugrul Mende reviews a new book from Stanford looking back at revolutionaries of Dhufar,...

MAY 15, 2023 • By Tugrul Mende
Tunisia’s Crisis Amidst Denial of Anti-Black Racism in the Maghreb

Tunisia’s Crisis Amidst Denial of Anti-Black Racism in the Maghreb

Our woman in Tunis, Sarah Ben Hamadi, is alarmed at the surging anti-African racism plaguing Tunisia, endemic to...

MAY 8, 2023 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for...

MAY 8, 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
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.

MAY 8, 2023 • By Deborah Williams
Kafka in Tangier is a Brooding Homage to Metamorphosis

Kafka in Tangier is a Brooding Homage to Metamorphosis

Rula Khateeb Jarallah reviews the news translation of the Mohammed Said Hjiouij novella in which a man is...

MAY 8, 2023 • By Rula Khateeb Jarallah
Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Malu Halasa finds unexpected tastes, pleasures and upsets at the 2023 London Book Fair.

MAY 1, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
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