Stephen Rohde on how widespread government secrecy, alongside the punishment of truth-tellers, betrays fundamental principles underlying democracy.
14 MARCH 2021 • By
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21 FEBRUARY 2021 • By
Malu Halasa reviews a selection of the 170 Arab, Iranian and Turkish artists and artworks in the British...
14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By
An Egyptian in Berlin finds she and her partner live in a state of seemingly permanent transition.
14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By
Iason Athanasiadis on the cities of the Mediterranean and Levant and the exceptionalism that has diminished our shared...
14 JANUARY 2021 • By
One of Iran's most venerable journalists and editors gives us an insider's history of one of the world's...
14 DECEMBER 2020 • By
Europe is the center of the world and has the literature to prove it. Or is it? Arabic...
14 DECEMBER 2020 • By
December 12, 2020 marks the 95th birthday of the revolutionary and controversial Iranian poet, translator, essayist, editor, encyclopedist,...
12 DECEMBER 2020 • By
Banah al Ghadbanah on the scourge of racism/colorism in Syrian communities and how it is tied to centuries-old...
30 NOVEMBER 2020 • By
Kurdish poet-scholar-translator Selîm Temo thinks of the young Thomas Bernhard and his infant son as he fights for...
27 NOVEMBER 2020 • By
Egyptian American playwright Yussef El Guindi argues it's time for American theatre to go beyond bombs and burkas...
24 NOVEMBER 2020 • By
Arab/Muslim countries of the Middle East and North Africa have largely failed to fight racism and discrimination against...
15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By