Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.
10 JANUARY 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
Christina Paschyn talks to queer activists in the Gulf who challenge the Western narrative on oppression and freedom...
26 JUNE 2023 • By Christina Paschyn
UK-based poet and editor of Between Two Islands, Ali Al-Jamri takes us on a Bahrain journey.
4 JUNE 2023 • By Ali Al-Jamri
Deborah Williams reviews the new literary thriller from Rebecca Makkai that makes us question everything we know.
8 MAY 2023 • By Deborah Williams
Far from home, in inhospitable conditions, an unlikely friendship is struck.
2 APRIL 2023 • By Hany Ali Said
Bird photographer Hamad Al Khualifi devoted years to documenting the wildlife of Qatar, once reportedly spending two years...
2 APRIL 2023 • By TMR
Mai Al-Nakib, a writer in the country's capital, interprets the recent rise in conservatism in Kuwait as a...
27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Justin Olivier Salhani reviews a new anthology on football and the Middle East just as the World Cup...
21 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Abir Kopty
