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Falastin, Sami Tamimi’s “Palestinian Modern”

Falastin, Sami Tamimi’s “Palestinian Modern”

N.A. Mansour reviews the tantalizing recipes in Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley's new cookbook of Palestinian cuisine.

OCTOBER 15, 2020 • By Sophia Armen
Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten

Egypt—Abandoned but not Forgotten

A Land Like You gives a palpable sense of a community that could not have imagined its own...

OCTOBER 4, 2020 • By India Hixon Radfar
Emel Mathlouthi Returns with The Tunis Diaries

Emel Mathlouthi Returns with The Tunis Diaries

The vocalist from Tunis who lives in New York was confined in Tunis and found herself "falling back...

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 • By
Algiers, the Black Panthers & the Revolution

Algiers, the Black Panthers & the Revolution

While Elaine Mokhtefi worked devotedly for the Black Panthers, the men who ran it were, it turned out,...

OCTOBER 1, 2018 • By TMR
Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Jordan Elgrably finds that the family memoir of a Libyan American is one that we can all identity...

AUGUST 3, 2017 • By Jordan Elgrably
American Sniper—a Botched Film That Demonizes Iraqis

American Sniper—a Botched Film That Demonizes Iraqis

Is it too much to ask that a movie set during the Second Gulf War convey something meaningful...

MARCH 1, 2015 • By Jordan Elgrably
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