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This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud —A Review

This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud —A Review

An entire family is preoccupied with its history and questions of national identity, confounded by France’s rejection of...

MAY 31, 2024 • By Katherine A. Powers
The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series

The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series

Exile retold through embroidered Palestinian stories, by documentary photographer and visual storyteller Rasha Al Jundi.

OCTOBER 16, 2023 • By Rasha Al Jundi
The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

The Yellow Birds Author Returns With Iraq War/Noir Mystery

Hamilton Cain reviews a police procedural that connects Norfolk, Virginia with the late Iraq War and the streets...

MAY 29, 2023 • By Hamilton Cain
More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab

More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab

Filmmaker and educator Saeed Taji Farouky argues that the Palestine of memories is often the only Palestine we...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
Home is a House in Oman

Home is a House in Oman

The daughter of an Indian expatriate family in Oman discovers that the only home she's ever yearned for...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By Priyanka Sacheti
“Holy Land”—short fiction from Asim Rizki

“Holy Land”—short fiction from Asim Rizki

Amal, a student who lives in a Palestinian refugee camp, takes up drama as an outlet for the...

FEBRUARY 27, 2023 • By Asim Rizki
Displacement, Migration are at the Heart of Istanbul Exhibit

Displacement, Migration are at the Heart of Istanbul Exhibit

Jennifer Hattam reviews "After the Birds: Utopia" at Istanbul's Sadberk Hanım Museum — an exhibition inspired by refugees.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Exile, Music, Hope & Nostalgia Among Berlin’s Arab Immigrants

Exile, Music, Hope & Nostalgia Among Berlin’s Arab Immigrants

Cultural historian Diana Abbani meditates on music among Berlin's Arab immigrants.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 • By Diana Abbani
Poems of Palestinian Motherhood, Loss, Desire and Hope

Poems of Palestinian Motherhood, Loss, Desire and Hope

Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection from Palestinian poet Maya Abu-Alhayyat, translated by Fady Joudah.

JULY 4, 2022 • By Eman Quotah
Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.

JUNE 27, 2022 • By Rana Asfour
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