Cairo: A Downtown in Search of Lost Global City Status
A photo festival backed by a real estate developer puts the spotlight on Cairo’s Downtown under transformation.
From A World Not Ours to a Land Unknown
Exiled Palestinian Mahdi Fleifel’s fiction debut “To a Land Unknown” provides a masterful bookend to his documentary on growing up in Ain el-Hilweh.
قصة قصيرة لإيمان عبد الرحيم: فصام
عن لحظة الانتقال من العقل إلى الجنون، وحيرة الأخت وهي تشاهد أختها تنزلق إلى مكان بعيد بلا إرادة منها، تكتب إيمان عبد الرحيم قصة قصيرة مأخوذة من مجموعتها القصصية الأخيرة «مقطوعات على الحب والخوف».
مقال لسارة شاهين: لا مكان إلا القاهرة، لا حيلة مع القاهرة
عن القاهرة القديمة وشوارعها، تكتب سارة شاهين بلغة رصينة وممتعة في الوقت نفسه، من داخل أوتوبيس نقل عام، أو من «استقبال النساء»، تتغير نظرتها نحو مدينة القاهرة التي لا تزال أسيرتها.
Why Mezze?
June’s issue features essays, reviews, and fiction—highlighting Lina Mounzer’s centerpiece and Hadani Ditmars’ art story.
Mama’s Kitchen
A writer looks back on formative memories of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen and wonders about the value of women’s work — and whether love’s labor is ever truly lost.
Iraq’s Kurdish Genocide and Three Wars: Artists Osman Ahmed & Fakher Mohammed
A joint Arab/Kurdish exhibition at Baghdad’s The Gallery showcased how the nation’s two solitudes can unite through art.
Victorious Decolonization in the Work of Joyce Joumaa
Lebanese Canadian writer and visual artist Joyce Joumaa’s videos demonstrate that the colonized are not passive recipients of their condition.
Always Beware of Dogs by Samir Kacimi — An Excerpt
Creatively blending elements of fantasy, Kacimi offers readers a fresh lens onto contemporary life in Algeria.
“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées
The graphic novels or bandes dessinées out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and rebellion against European colonialism.
The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club — Review
Sepideh Gholian’s book demonstrates that freedom, even in confinement, is a state of mind, where choosing life is part of the struggle.
Interview: Joe Sacco on Gaza
Joe Sacco uses his graphic storytelling in “War on Gaza” to reflect on the events in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.