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“The Small Clay Plate”—a Siwa folk tale

“The Small Clay Plate”—a Siwa folk tale

A tale of a tailor from the deserts of Siwa, Egypt, where fortune reveals the invaluable lesson of...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Bel Parker
An Island Without a Sea: Bahrain Odyssey

An Island Without a Sea: Bahrain Odyssey

UK-based poet and editor of Between Two Islands, Ali Al-Jamri takes us on a Bahrain journey.

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Ali Al-Jamri
The Majesty and Mystery of Nature: Ali Cherri’s Dam in Sudan

The Majesty and Mystery of Nature: Ali Cherri’s Dam in Sudan

Karim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the...

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Karim Goury
Alien Entities in the Desert

Alien Entities in the Desert

Dror Shohet recalls her otherworldly journey in the desert with her Bedouin guide, Hafez, and a caravan of...

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Dror Shohet
Olafur Eliasson’s Curious Desert Contrasts Qatar and Iceland

Olafur Eliasson’s Curious Desert Contrasts Qatar and Iceland

Safae Daoudi takes in the scope of Scandinavian artist Olafur Eliasson's Curious Desert exhibition in Doha.

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Safae Daoudi
Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s “Dasht-e-Tanhai”—A Desert Soundscape

Poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s “Dasht-e-Tanhai”—A Desert Soundscape

Multimedia artist Mara Ahmed translates and reads Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Urdu classic, composed while in prison.

JULY 25, 2022 • By Mara Ahmed
Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

From one of the most prominent contemporary authors and poets from Iraqi Kurdistan comes an unforgettable tale of...

JUNE 15, 2022 • By Bakytiyar Ali
Karim Kattan: “The Gravedigger”

Karim Kattan: “The Gravedigger”

The trilingual Palestinian novelist and short story writer weaves an engaging tale of love, death and redemption.

JUNE 15, 2022 • By Karim Kattan
Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

When friends in Abu Dhabi asked Deborah Williams how she could support MBS by going to “his” festival,...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Deborah Williams
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