Selma Dabbagh reviews the story of Egypt's pioneering women performers and feminists, including Oum Khoulthum and Munira al-Maydiyya.
MAY 16, 2021 • By Claudia Wiens
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
Rana Asfour reviews the new novel by Hala Alyan, revisiting the city that marked her and the author...
MAY 9, 2021 • By TMR
Egyptian author and feminist Mona Eltahawy publishes daily tweets calling out the patriarchy. Hiba Moustafa reviews her new...
MAY 2, 2021 • By Aram Saroyan
Reviewer Eman Quotah finds that Omaima Al-Khamis' "singular imagination shines through in an erudite and sensual tale that...
MAY 2, 2021 • By Faraj Bayrakdar
BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.
APRIL 25, 2021 • By TMR
Reviewer Patrick James Dunagan on poetry that strives to cope with the anguish of Israel's decades-long military occupation...
MARCH 28, 2021 • By Sherifa Zuhur
Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.
MARCH 28, 2021 • By Joyce Zonana
Stephen Rohde on how widespread government secrecy, alongside the punishment of truth-tellers, betrays fundamental principles underlying democracy.
MARCH 14, 2021 • By Stephen Rohde
Farah Abdessamad reviews a new English translation of Impostures from Basra-born Al-Hariri that revives the "eloquent rogue" genre...
MARCH 14, 2021 • By Danielle Haque
