Review

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Maryam Zar reviews the new biography from Kai Bird, examining the one-term president who went on to change...

JULY 4, 2021 • By Myriam Gurba
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

Jessica Proett reviews Salar Abdoh's empirical novel set during the days when ISIS was running loose across Iraq...

JULY 4, 2021 • By Jessica Proett
A New Book on Music, Palestine-Israel & the “Three State Solution”

A New Book on Music, Palestine-Israel & the “Three State Solution”

TMR reviews a new book on Palestinian and Israeli musicians looks at the border zones and interstices of...

JUNE 28, 2021 • By Yara Chaalan
Wasta on Steroids: Speculative Finance & the Housing Market

Wasta on Steroids: Speculative Finance & the Housing Market

Mischa Geracoulis discovers the film Push and explores the incredible greed and inequity of the speculative housing market.

JUNE 14, 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”

Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”

Myriam Gurba reviews a book that argues that some "white feminists accept the benefits conferred by white supremacy...

JUNE 6, 2021 • By Ilan Pappé
Palestine in the World: “Palestine: A Socialist Introduction”

Palestine in the World: “Palestine: A Socialist Introduction”

Jenine Abboushi reviews the recent anthology of essays on socialism in the context of Palestinian resistance.

JUNE 6, 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Malu Halasa reviews a new anthology of Arab women writers on sex, love and lust, including "the leading...

MAY 30, 2021 • By Malu Halasa
The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

Rana Asfour reviews Faysal Khartash's Roundabout of Death and Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars.

MAY 30, 2021 • By TMR
War Diary: The End of Innocence

War Diary: The End of Innocence

Arie Amaya-Akkermans investigates Agenda 1979: Imagine sitting at home in the presence of a handbook for destroying, bombing,...

MAY 23, 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
I was a French Muslim—Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter

I was a French Muslim—Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the memoir from Algerian freedom fighter Mokhtar Mokhtefi.

MAY 23, 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
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