Review

The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

Malu Halasa reviews the new graphic novel by former political prisoner and editorial cartoonist Mana Neyestani, released in...

MARCH 14, 2021 • By Malu Halasa
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
Poetry Against the State

Poetry Against the State

Gil Anidjar reviews A Bibliography for After Jews and Arabs, and suggests that "our problem is that we...

MARCH 14, 2021 • By Preeta Samarasan
Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Melissa Chemam considers the sixth novel by France's former teen sensation Faïza Guène and whether she is now...

MARCH 7, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

Farah Abdessamad reviews Silence is a Sense, the new novel from Layla AlAmmar.

JANUARY 25, 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

Layla AlAmmar takes us into the heart of Adania Shibli's literary thriller, where Palestinian lives are but a...

DECEMBER 30, 2020 • By Layla AlAmmar
Isabel Wilkerson on Race and Caste in the 21st Century

Isabel Wilkerson on Race and Caste in the 21st Century

"It's impossible not to think about race in relation to the United States these days," writes Paris correspondent...

NOVEMBER 15, 2020 • By Monique El-Faizy
An American in Istanbul Between Muslim and Christian Worlds

An American in Istanbul Between Muslim and Christian Worlds

Anne-Marie O'Connor reviews the debut novel by Nektaria Anastasiadou, set in Istanbul's venerable Rum community.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020 • By Anne-Marie O'Connor
Is White Feminism the De Facto Weapon of White Supremacy?

Is White Feminism the De Facto Weapon of White Supremacy?

Rana Asfour reviews White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad—"an explosive book of history and cultural criticism" that argues...

NOVEMBER 15, 2020 • By
The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer

The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer

The Punishment is a first-person account from an author who considers writers to be "witnesses of history."

OCTOBER 15, 2020 • By TMR
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