A writer born into both Arabic and Hebrew linguistic traditions finds herself writing in English but longing for...
JULY 11, 2022 • By Ayelet TsabariWinner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner award, novelist Rabih Alameddine tells an essential story from his Beirut childhood.
JUNE 15, 2022 • By Maryam MortazA bold excerpt from the new Saqi anthology, "This Arab is Queer," in which a non-binary person from...
JUNE 15, 2022 • By Karén JallatyanIn this magical tale set in Lebanon and on a mysterious Mediterranean island, people dream of escape while...
JUNE 15, 2022 • By Sarah AlKahly-MillsAnton Shammas — the Palestinian novelist who wrote the Hebrew-language "Arabeques" — attempts to sort himself.
MAY 15, 2022 • By Anton ShammasFormer prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer"...
JANUARY 15, 2022 • By Ahmed NajiRana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching...
NOVEMBER 29, 2021 • By TMRA.J. Naddaff Between the Parliament and the Royal Pathway in the center of Brussels, not too far...
OCTOBER 18, 2021 • By A.J. NaddaffBrahim El Guabli I am Amazigh, Black, and Sahrawi. Amazigh language is my mother tongue. My mother...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 • By Brahim El GuabliAlgeria’s leading cartoonist reminisces on his start in bandes dessinées in Algeria, Poland and France.
AUGUST 15, 2021 • By Sherine Hamdy