Souseh answers a letter from a reader wondering how to handle her younger sister, who is enamored of...
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3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Francisco LetelierNovelist R.P. Finch reviews the debut novel of Aisha Abdel Gawad, set in the "Arabland" of Bay Ridge,...
15 MAY 2023 • By R.P. FinchArab writer Nashwa Nasreldin reflects on her work experiences at home and abroad, and on the meaning of...
1 MAY 2023 • By Nashwa NasreldinAn Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Iason AthanasiadisEvery warm-blooded Arab loves a good conspiracy theory — so, it turns out, do many Americans, observes cultural...
7 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Munir AtallaMarian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir...
8 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Gil AnidjarOmar El Akkad, author of American War and What Strange Paradise, looks at 20 years of blowback.
15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Omar El AkkadHadani Ditmars The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 unfolds in televisual real time and yet with...
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