Arab culture

Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir—A Review

Eyeliner: A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir—A Review

Nazli Tarzi reviews a book that challenges the uncritical view of eyeliner as a mere “exercise in vanity”...

FEBRUARY 19, 2024 • By Nazli Tarzi
Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 

Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 

Academic and novelist Layla AlAmmar interrogates her life's creative and scholarly achievements against the teachings of Edward Said.

OCTOBER 9, 2023 • By Layla AlAmmar
A Day in the Life: Cairo

A Day in the Life: Cairo

The writer's visit to a Cairo internet store to renew her internet service proves to be an out...

JULY 24, 2023 • By Sarah Eltantawi
Sudden Journeys: Paris Arabe

Sudden Journeys: Paris Arabe

Jenine Abboushi wanders from Paris' chi-chi 16th to the quartiers populaires of Barbès-Rochechouart and the Goutte d'Or.

MARCH 27, 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
End of an Era: Al Saqi Bookshop in London Closes

End of an Era: Al Saqi Bookshop in London Closes

Malu Halasa surveys the legacy of Al Saqi while also lamenting the end of Banipal Magazine and the...

JANUARY 16, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the film in which a Paris-trained shrink analyzes fellow Tunisians suffering from mental maladies.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
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