Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.
JANUARY 10, 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
Christina Paschyn talks to queer activists in the Gulf who challenge the Western narrative on oppression and freedom...
JUNE 26, 2023 • By Christina Paschyn
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
Deborah Williams reviews the new literary thriller from Rebecca Makkai that makes us question everything we know.
MAY 8, 2023 • By Deborah Williams
Far from home, in inhospitable conditions, an unlikely friendship is struck.
APRIL 2, 2023 • By Hany Ali Said
Bird photographer Hamad Al Khualifi devoted years to documenting the wildlife of Qatar, once reportedly spending two years...
APRIL 2, 2023 • By TMR
Mai Al-Nakib, a writer in the country's capital, interprets the recent rise in conservatism in Kuwait as a...
FEBRUARY 27, 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Justin Olivier Salhani reviews a new anthology on football and the Middle East just as the World Cup...
NOVEMBER 21, 2022 • By Abir Kopty
