Cultural historian Diana Abbani meditates on music among Berlin's Arab immigrants.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Diana Abbani
Youssef Rahka introduces us to his Egyptian friend Maged Zaher and his seventh volume of poetry, composed in...
15 JULY 2022 • By Laila Halaby
Fouad Mami on hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah's new book, "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated."
11 JULY 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Ahmed Naji reviews "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" just out from Graywolf.
20 JUNE 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
A wayward daughter leaves Boston to spend a summer back home in Cairo, where she observes the decline...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Amany Kamal Eldin
Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.
25 APRIL 2022 • By TMR
Sherine Elbanhawy finds that Mohamed Metwalli’s newly-translated poetry collection is the perfect form of escapism.
28 MARCH 2022 • By janinedigiovanni
Even as the despotic rulers of post-revolution Egypt attempt to remake greater Cairo, hoping to gloss over the...
24 JANUARY 2022 • By Yahia Dabbous
Omar Foda draws on family lore and field work to weave together a satirical tale of ego and...
15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Omar Foda
Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in...
29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Nevine Abraham Growing up in Shoubra, one of the most populated Christian suburbs of Cairo, I met...
15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Nevine Abraham
For a brutally honest look at what it’s been like to run a business and raise a family...
15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By janinedigiovanni