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Francofeminism: a Postcolonial History

Francofeminism: a Postcolonial History

Mariem Gellouz and Sélima Kebaïli deconstruct Francophonie in the context of postcolonial Tunisian, Arab and African feminism.

FEBRUARY 14, 2021 • By
World Picks, January and February ‘21

World Picks, January and February ‘21

Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…welcome to the...

JANUARY 25, 2021 • By
The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

Farah Abdessamad reviews Silence is a Sense, the new novel from Layla AlAmmar.

JANUARY 25, 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

The MAGA movement is not a cause but a consequence of GOP policies, and its instantaneous vanishing with...

JANUARY 14, 2021 • By Maece Seirafi
Muhammad Malas, Syria’s Auteur, is the subject of a Film Biography

Muhammad Malas, Syria’s Auteur, is the subject of a Film Biography

Rana Asfour reviews a documentary by Nezar Andary on the Syrian auteur filmmaker, Muhammad Malas.

JANUARY 10, 2021 • By TMR
Remember 2020 Not for Covid-19 or Trump Chaos, But Climate Change

Remember 2020 Not for Covid-19 or Trump Chaos, But Climate Change

Columnist Iason Athanasiadis remembers 2020 not so much for the pandemic or the chaos of Trump but what...

JANUARY 10, 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

Layla AlAmmar takes us into the heart of Adania Shibli's literary thriller, where Palestinian lives are but a...

DECEMBER 30, 2020 • By Layla AlAmmar
Cairo 1941: Excerpt from “A Land Like You”

Cairo 1941: Excerpt from “A Land Like You”

“Gamal was convinced that Egypt, mother of the world, would spawn a new era—when Arabs, the wretched of...

DECEMBER 27, 2020 • By
Academics, Signatories, and Putschists

Academics, Signatories, and Putschists

Kurdish poet and scholar Selîm Temo, takes us inside the continuing Academics for Peace struggle through his personal...

DECEMBER 20, 2020 • By Selim Temo
Threading the Needle: Najwa Najjar’s “Between Heaven and Earth”

Threading the Needle: Najwa Najjar’s “Between Heaven and Earth”

Ammiel Alcalay reviews writer/director Najwa Najjar's third feature film—"part road movie, part mystery, part thriller."

DECEMBER 14, 2020 • By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
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