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The Story of Youssef Salem, Nominated for the Goncourt

The Story of Youssef Salem, Nominated for the Goncourt

Laëtitia Soula reviews the acidic new comedy from Baya Kasmi, which plays on the Rothian theme of intimate...

16 JANUARY 2023 • By Laëtitia Soula
French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds

French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds

Laëtitia Soula caught the opening of Djamel Tatah's extravagant show at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, where she...

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Laëtitia Soula
Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.

27 JUNE 2022 • By Rana Asfour
World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day is the first of seven days during which refugees will be recognized in events across...

20 JUNE 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji

“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji

The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
Lisa Teasley: “Death is Beautiful”

Lisa Teasley: “Death is Beautiful”

Should we be happy we're finite? Lisa Teasley weaves a tale merging art, transhumanists and artificial intelligence.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Taline Voskeritchian
Book Review: “The Go-Between” by Osman Yousefzada

Book Review: “The Go-Between” by Osman Yousefzada

Hannah Fox reviews the Birmingham memoir by fashion artist Osman Yousefzada.

13 JUNE 2022 • By Shreya Parikh
Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay

Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay

Photographer, documentarian and journalist Iason Athanasiadis shares images from more than 10 years of reporting from Afghanistan to...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Allah and the American Dream

Allah and the American Dream

Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews the second novel from Syed Masood, but isn't sure he likes its happy ending.

14 MARCH 2021 • By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
A Permanent Temporariness

A Permanent Temporariness

An Egyptian in Berlin finds she and her partner live in a state of seemingly permanent transition.

14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Alia Mossallam
 
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