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Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Malu Halasa reviews a new anthology of Arab women writers on sex, love and lust, including "the leading...

MAY 30, 2021 • By Malu Halasa
In Search of Knowledge, Mazid Travels to Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo, Granada and Córdoba

In Search of Knowledge, Mazid Travels to Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo, Granada and Córdoba

Reviewer Eman Quotah finds that Omaima Al-Khamis' "singular imagination shines through in an erudite and sensual tale that...

MAY 2, 2021 • By Faraj Bayrakdar
The Truth About Iraq: Memory, Trauma and the End of an Era

The Truth About Iraq: Memory, Trauma and the End of an Era

Hadani Ditmars remembers what Baghdad was like following the second Gulf War in 2003, when she toured Abu...

MARCH 14, 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
Iraq and the Arab World on the Edge of the Abyss

Iraq and the Arab World on the Edge of the Abyss

Osama Esber interviews an Iraqi environmental writer on his book Guardians of the Water and the future of...

JANUARY 14, 2021 • By Osama Esber
Hassan Blasim’s “God 99”

Hassan Blasim’s “God 99”

God 99 blurs the boundaries between fiction and autobiography, reportage and the novel. It blends the fantastic with...

DECEMBER 14, 2020 • By Eman Quotah
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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