“Orient Tavern” and “The Hungarian Hut,” from Azher Jirjees’ collection, explore post-2003 Iraqi struggles.
DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Azher JirjeesThe war on Gaza and Hamas reminds Palestinian American poet Deema K. Shehabi of her father and stories...
OCTOBER 30, 2023 • By Deema K ShehabiA Kurdish boy in Sulemani province in northern Iraq, near the Iranian border, would do anything to own...
OCTOBER 23, 2023 • By Diary MarifMichael Scott Moore channels veteran experiences through a wily cat as an Iraq war vet tries to readapt...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 • By Michael Scott MooreIn his new book, Andrew Quilty relates some of the blowback after 9/11 brought about the invasion of...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 • By Andrew QuiltyIason Athanasiadis reviews the Iraqi correspondent's new memoir on Middle East wars and asks questions.
JULY 10, 2023 • By Iason AthanasiadisHamilton Cain reviews a police procedural that connects Norfolk, Virginia with the late Iraq War and the streets...
MAY 29, 2023 • By Hamilton CainThese days, for Iranian photographer Jassem Ghazbanpour, who began shooting the Iran-Iraq war at age 16, home is...
MARCH 5, 2023 • By Jassem GhazbanpourThis bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the...
FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Hassan BlasimSparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with...
FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak