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Alchemy and the Deaf Blacksmith of Amman

Alchemy and the Deaf Blacksmith of Amman

Munir Atalla, the Brooklyn-based writer-director, recounts the story of a rather unusually happy, earnest man with a handicap...

NOVEMBER 15, 2021 • By Munir Atalla
The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?

The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?

Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and...

NOVEMBER 15, 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
Gaza’s Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art

Gaza’s Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art

Yara Chaalan looks into the Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art in Gaza and profiles a few younger, emerging...

JULY 14, 2021 • By Norman G. Finkelstein
Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared

Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared

In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old...

JUNE 14, 2021 • By C.S. Layla
The Triumph of Love and the Palestinian Revolution

The Triumph of Love and the Palestinian Revolution

Fouad Mami reviews Susan Abulhawa's powerful new novel "Against the Loveless World," about Palestinians in a revolutionary mode.

MAY 16, 2021 • By Jean Lamore
Bahamut, or the Salt of the Earth

Bahamut, or the Salt of the Earth

Farah Abdessamad remembers the Dead Sea and the myth of Bahamut.

JANUARY 14, 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
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