9/11

Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Souseh answers a letter from a reader wondering how to handle her younger sister, who is enamored of...

23 MAY 2025 • By Souseh
An Iranian Novelist Seeks the Truth About a Plane Crash

An Iranian Novelist Seeks the Truth About a Plane Crash

Novelist Négar Djavadi deploys non-fiction to question Iran's downing of an international flight out of Tehran.

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Sepideh Farkhondeh
The Fall of Kabul: Parwan Detention Facility, Bagram District, Parwan Province

The Fall of Kabul: Parwan Detention Facility, Bagram District, Parwan Province

In his new book, Andrew Quilty relates some of the blowback after 9/11 brought about the invasion of...

11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Andrew Quilty
September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

The other 9/11: Francisco Letelier on Ariel Dorfman's latest novel in the context of his family's history in...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Francisco Letelier
A Debut Novel, Between Two Moons, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn

A Debut Novel, Between Two Moons, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn

Novelist R.P. Finch reviews the debut novel of Aisha Abdel Gawad, set in the "Arabland" of Bay Ridge,...

15 MAY 2023 • By R.P. Finch
The Invisible Walls, a Meditation on Work and Being

The Invisible Walls, a Meditation on Work and Being

Arab writer Nashwa Nasreldin reflects on her work experiences at home and abroad, and on the meaning of...

1 MAY 2023 • By Nashwa Nasreldin
The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
The Conspiracy to Conceal Conspiracies

The Conspiracy to Conceal Conspiracies

Every warm-blooded Arab loves a good conspiracy theory — so, it turns out, do many Americans, observes cultural...

7 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Munir Atalla
The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir...

8 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Gil Anidjar
Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Attack the Empire and the Empire Strikes Back: What 20 Years of American Imperialism Has Wrought

Omar El Akkad, author of American War and What Strange Paradise, looks at 20 years of blowback.

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Omar El Akkad
20 Years Ago This Month, 9/11 at Souk Ukaz

20 Years Ago This Month, 9/11 at Souk Ukaz

Hadani Ditmars The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 unfolds in televisual real time and yet with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
Torture Is the Nasty Center of the 9/11 Case at Guantánamo

Torture Is the Nasty Center of the 9/11 Case at Guantánamo

In our centerpiece this month, Lisa Hajjar takes us inside the war on terror and the dystopia that...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Layla AlAmmar
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