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Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Souseh answers a letter from a reader wondering how to handle her younger sister, who is enamored of...

MAY 23, 2025 • By Souseh
An Iranian Novelist Seeks the Truth About a Plane Crash

An Iranian Novelist Seeks the Truth About a Plane Crash

Novelist Négar Djavadi deploys non-fiction to question Iran's downing of an international flight out of Tehran.

JANUARY 15, 2024 • By Sepideh Farkhondeh
The Fall of Kabul: Parwan Detention Facility, Bagram District, Parwan Province

The Fall of Kabul: Parwan Detention Facility, Bagram District, Parwan Province

In his new book, Andrew Quilty relates some of the blowback after 9/11 brought about the invasion of...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 • By Andrew Quilty
September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

The other 9/11: Francisco Letelier on Ariel Dorfman's latest novel in the context of his family's history in...

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • By Francisco Letelier
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
The Invisible Walls, a Meditation on Work and Being

The Invisible Walls, a Meditation on Work and Being

Arab writer Nashwa Nasreldin reflects on her work experiences at home and abroad, and on the meaning of...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Nashwa Nasreldin
The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
The Conspiracy to Conceal Conspiracies

The Conspiracy to Conceal Conspiracies

Every warm-blooded Arab loves a good conspiracy theory — so, it turns out, do many Americans, observes cultural...

FEBRUARY 7, 2022 • By Munir Atalla
The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir...

NOVEMBER 8, 2021 • By Gil Anidjar
Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Omar El Akkad, author of American War and What Strange Paradise, looks at 20 years of blowback.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 • By Omar El Akkad
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