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The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

Excerpted from the anthology Kurdish Women’s Stories (Pluto Press, 2020), by special arrangement with editor Houzan Mahmoud.  ...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Kobra Banehi
Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco

Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco

Anthropologist and comix author Sherine Hamdy provides a brief overview of new and recent Arab & Middle Eastern...

15 AUGUST 2021 • By Sherine Hamdy
The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Maryam Zar reviews the new biography from Kai Bird, examining the one-term president who went on to change...

4 JULY 2021 • By Myriam Gurba
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

Jessica Proett reviews Salar Abdoh's empirical novel set during the days when ISIS was running loose across Iraq...

4 JULY 2021 • By Jessica Proett
The Murals of “Education is Not a Crime”

The Murals of “Education is Not a Crime”

Saleem Vaillancourt describes the worldwide mural campaign spearheaded by Maziar Bahari on behalf the Baha'i community to speak...

14 MAY 2021 • By Frances Zaid
The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

Malu Halasa reviews the new graphic novel by former political prisoner and editorial cartoonist Mana Neyestani, released in...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Malu Halasa
The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later

The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later

Mischa Geracoulis remembers Zahra's Paradise along with the Arab awakenings, George Floyd, Covid-19 and Groundhog Day.

14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Alia Mossallam
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