A Year of War Without End
In the guise of an editorial, senior editor Lina Mounzer struggles to find the words to describe the horror of the past year, and hopelessness as we confront endless war.
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Depictions of Genocide: The Un-Imaginable Visibility of Extermination
A bleak and sobering account for those who may still have wanted to believe in the enlightening power of the image.
“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali
In Haidar Al Ghazali's short story, a Palestinian father during the war on Gaza makes an impossible choice.
Is Amin Maalouf’s Latest Novel, On the Isle of Antioch, a Parody?
Farah-Silvana Kanan questions whether, in this novel, the Franco-Lebanese master is at the height of his powers, or is having us on...
Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play
A stage director declines producing a play about a child tragically murdered during a genocide, fearing she may appear biased.
Postscript: Disrupting the Colonial Gaze—Gaza and Israel after October 7th
In which the authors argue that, "If Israel, with Western support, achieves its aims in Gaza, it will constitute the end of fellowship among inhabitants of this planet."
This Year in Venice, it’s the “Palestine Biennale”
At this year’s Venice Biennale, Palestine looms large, writes Hadani Ditmars.
Memory Archive: Between Remembering and Forgetting
Mai Al-Nakib explores memory, forgetting, and writing through the lenses of Woolf, Proust, and a Wim Wenders film.
Malak Mattar: No Words, Only Scenes of Ruin
Malak Mattar's artwork at the Venice Biennale evokes a multi-sensory experience that demands to be felt, writes Nadine Nour el Din.
Equating Critique of Israel with Antisemitism, US Academics are Being Silenced
With the war in Gaza and accusations of genocide in the International Court of Justice, tensions have risen on US campuses, writes Maura Finkelstein.
Will Artists Against Genocide Boycott the Venice Biennale?
Hadani Ditmars reports on the calls to shut down the Israeli pavilion in the Venice Biennale, and a possible widespread artist boycott.
Why “Burn It all Down”?
Senior editor Lina Mounzer articulates the inexpressible, inconsolable feelings at a time when genocide is occurring before the eyes of the world.
The Time of Monsters
Layla AlAmmar contemplates how the noise of the past can be perceived as a coherent narrative in hindsight.
“The Map of a Genocide Victim”—fiction from Faris Lounis
A few entries on a genocidal map...A walk in the Valley of Death that is the war on Gaza and the reckoning to come.
Genocide: “That bell can’t be unrung. That thought can’t be unthunk.”
After the ICJ ruling on Israel, it is in its best interests to redefine its cause to one that is just for both Israelis and Palestinians, writes Amal Ghandour.