What We Write About When We (Arabs) Write About Love
Eman Quotah reviews a new anthology of love poems by Arab poets writing in English in the diaspora and in country.
Eman Quotah reviews a new anthology of love poems by Arab poets writing in English in the diaspora and in country.
Academic and novelist Layla AlAmmar interrogates her life's creative and scholarly achievements against the teachings of Edward Said.
In a mix of theatrical performance, music and visual arts, three voices bear witness to the courage of exiles, reports Nada Ghosn.
A child grows up in a Northern California cult — a close-knit community of 400 people who seek to live an ideal, even utopian life.
Aliyeh Ataei's new story centers on a young woman exploring herself as a writer while choosing life in Paris.
A novel about "toxic authoritarianism" and how it has shaped the lives of countless young persons in Turkey, sometimes through exile.
A young Egyptian woman comes of age at the dawn of the Arab uprising in Cairo, but ultimately finds home in exile.
Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
Cultural historian Diana Abbani meditates on music among Berlin's Arab immigrants.
Nada Ghosn revels in the artistry of Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese, Afghan and other playwrights and performers in Avignon this year.
Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.
In this magical tale set in Lebanon and on a mysterious Mediterranean island, people dream of escape while a biologist seeks an elusive salamander.
Nora Lester Murad reviews a "far-fetched" story of a marriage between a Palestinian Muslim and an American Jew.
Palestinian Israeli Maurice Ebileeni looks at the Palestinian experience within and beyond the homeland.
Saliha Haddad reviews the third novel in English translation by Egyptian writer Hamdi Abu Golayyel.