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A Jewish Meditation on the Palestinian Genocide

A Jewish Meditation on the Palestinian Genocide

A Jewish American has been afraid to express her reservations and criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza, but...

15 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Sheryl Ono
Between Two Sieges: Translating Roger Assaf in California

Between Two Sieges: Translating Roger Assaf in California

Letters from a displaced Lebanese poet today to civil war-era actor-director Roger Assaf evoke Beirut in 1982, 2006...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Zeina Hashem Beck
Should a Climate-Destroying Dictatorship Host a Climate-Saving Conference?

Should a Climate-Destroying Dictatorship Host a Climate-Saving Conference?

A year after committing ethnic cleansing, Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29 with little pushback from mainstream media.

25 OCTOBER 2024 • By Lucine Kasbarian
A Year of War Without End

A Year of War Without End

In the guise of an editorial, senior editor Lina Mounzer struggles to find the words to describe the...

4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Depictions of Genocide: The Un-Imaginable Visibility of Extermination

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...

4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Viola Shafik
“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali

“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.

5 JULY 2024 • By Haidar Al Ghazali
Is Amin Maalouf’s Latest Novel, On the Isle of Antioch, a Parody?

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...

14 JUNE 2024 • By Farah-Silvana Kanaan
Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

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...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Postscript: Disrupting the Colonial Gaze—Gaza and Israel after October 7th

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...

17 MAY 2024 • By Sara Roy
This Year in Venice, it’s the “Palestine Biennale”

This Year in Venice, it’s the “Palestine Biennale”

At this year’s Venice Biennale, Palestine looms large, writes Hadani Ditmars.

10 MAY 2024 • By Hadani Ditmars
Memory Archive: Between Remembering and Forgetting

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.

3 MAY 2024 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Malak Mattar: No Words, Only Scenes of Ruin

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...

26 APRIL 2024 • By Nadine Nour el Din
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