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Syrian Asylees in the US Risk Everything Going Home

Syrian Asylees in the US Risk Everything Going Home

U.S. asylees and refugees must consider the risks of visiting Syria against the lives they've established in the...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Rana Alsoufi
Imagining Ghanem—My Return to Lebanon

Imagining Ghanem—My Return to Lebanon

The writer explores Lebanon's archives for traces of her family who left 150 years ago, contemplating our responsibilities...

JUNE 6, 2025 • By Amelia Izmanki
Germany’s Most Rightwing Parliament Since WWII—Liberals Panic, Immigrants Roll Their Eyes

Germany’s Most Rightwing Parliament Since WWII—Liberals Panic, Immigrants Roll Their Eyes

Laila Abdalla, a young Egyptian journalist transplanted to Germany, sizes up the rightward drift of the country.

APRIL 25, 2025 • By Laila Abdalla
Love Across Borders—on Romance, Restrictions and Happy Endings

Love Across Borders—on Romance, Restrictions and Happy Endings

Lina Mounzer reviews the new book by Anna Lekas Miller that gathers stories of love- and border-challenged couples.

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Suad Aldarra’s I Don’t Want to Talk About Home

Suad Aldarra’s I Don’t Want to Talk About Home

Ammar Azzouz reviews Suad Aldarra’s memoir about Syrian life that exists beyond the headlines and numbers reported in...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Ammar Azzouz
“Kaleidoscope: In Pursuit of the Real in a Virtual World”—fiction from Dina Abou Salem

“Kaleidoscope: In Pursuit of the Real in a Virtual World”—fiction from Dina Abou Salem

Caught between Beirut and a town in the Californian desert, Buthayna searches for the meaning amid life’s absurdities.

OCTOBER 1, 2023 • By Dina Abou Salem
And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France

And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France

Laëtitia Soula toured the expansive photo exhibit Portraits of France, which celebrates the lives of 318 immigrants who...

MAY 22, 2023 • By Laëtitia Soula
“What Are You Doing in Berlin?”—a short story by Ahmed Awny

“What Are You Doing in Berlin?”—a short story by Ahmed Awny

Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 • By Barrak Alzaid
After Nine Years in Detention, an Iraqi is Finally Granted Asylum

After Nine Years in Detention, an Iraqi is Finally Granted Asylum

Rana Asfour reviews the third novel from Dutch Iraqi writer Rodaan Al Galidi.

AUGUST 22, 2022 • By TMR
Two Syrian Brothers Find Themselves in “We Are From There”

Two Syrian Brothers Find Themselves in “We Are From There”

Angélique Crux reviews the award-winning documentary from Lebanese filmmaker Wissam Tanios.

AUGUST 22, 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
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