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My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

Racism props up its ugly head from every quarter, but Tariq Mehmood refuses to be deterred.

DECEMBER 15, 2021 • By Lawrence Joffe
The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

What happens when an immigrant professor dresses to impress in a bid to land tenure at a Saudi...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Claire Berlinski
Refugees Detained in Thessonaliki’s Diavata Camp Await Asylum

Refugees Detained in Thessonaliki’s Diavata Camp Await Asylum

In which our columnist flies up to Thessaloniki and visits the Diavata camp for refugees seeking European asylum...

NOVEMBER 1, 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

Novelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.

JUNE 14, 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
Allah and the American Dream

Allah and the American Dream

Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews the second novel from Syed Masood, but isn't sure he likes its happy ending.

MARCH 14, 2021 • By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
Poet in Pakistan: the Flamboyant Carolyn Kizer

Poet in Pakistan: the Flamboyant Carolyn Kizer

Biographer Marian Janssen reveals the big, brash, blonde feminist writer and poet Carolyn Kizer, who fascinated and shocked...

MARCH 14, 2021 • By Marian Janssen
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