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“The Hauntology of Varosha” or “Room Number 137 of the Argo Hotel”

“The Hauntology of Varosha” or “Room Number 137 of the Argo Hotel”

A Cypriot writer's story about a forgotten child in an abandoned town the writer looked on to from...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Salamis Aysegul Sentug Tugyan
Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan

Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan

Arie Amaya-Akkermans does a deep dive into the fascinating career of Istanbul-born Greek Armenian artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
On Museums and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

On Museums and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Arie Amaya-Akkermans on the history of war, colonialism, memory and how museums strive to preserve and display artifacts...

AUGUST 21, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
“The Burden of Inheritance”—fiction from Mai Al-Nakib

“The Burden of Inheritance”—fiction from Mai Al-Nakib

In Mai Al-Nakib’s new short story, a woman makes a Herculean effort to preserve the memory and artwork...

JULY 2, 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
The Ghost of Gezi Park—Turkey 10 Years On

The Ghost of Gezi Park—Turkey 10 Years On

An art critic comments on the 10th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests with an overview of a...

JUNE 19, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Nabeul, Mon Amour

Nabeul, Mon Amour

Yesmine Abida, a Tunisian in the diaspora, returns home to document the last vestiges of Nabeul's once-thriving Jewish...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By Yesmine Abida
On Lebanon and Lamia Joreige’s “Uncertain Times”

On Lebanon and Lamia Joreige’s “Uncertain Times”

Arie Amaya-Akkermans reflects on Lamia Joreige's "Uncertain Times," which represents the Lebanese wars and their aftermath.

JANUARY 23, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture

Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture

Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.

OCTOBER 10, 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”

Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”

Riding the bus down memory lane, a Palestinian American scholar of digital culture at MIT recalls her time...

JUNE 15, 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Dima Mikhayel Matta: “This Text Is a Very Lonely Document”

Dima Mikhayel Matta: “This Text Is a Very Lonely Document”

A bold excerpt from the new Saqi anthology, "This Arab is Queer," in which a non-binary person from...

JUNE 15, 2022 • By Karén Jallatyan
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