Human Rights Films on Ownership of History, Women’s Bodies & Paintings
Malu Halasa offers an overview of three Middle Eastern films screening at the 2024 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London.
Arab women’s bodies
The Fires of Shame; the Burn of Desire
Joumana Haddad lays bare the physical and cerebral journey that has led her to experience the best sex she's ever had.
LSD in the Arab World: Porn, Sade, and the Next-Door Flasher
In LSD's centerpiece, Joumana Haddad argues that with a dire need for political and economic reforms in most Arab countries, a sexual revolution should come first and foremost.
The Body, Intimacy and Technology in the Middle East
Six women artists and curator Nadine Khalil explore women's bodies in a Dubai exhibition, in an interview by Naima Morelli.
Four Poems by Alaa Hassanien from The Love That Doubles Loneliness
Emotions of modern romance are found in Alaa Hasanin’s "The Love That Doubles Loneliness," translated from Arabic by Salma Moustafa Khalil.