Hasan Hadi delivers a remarkable neorealist fable about childhood, obedience, and survival under dictatorship.
6 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
Author Ammiel Alcalay defies categorization in his latest book (in fact four), producing a work that is both...
16 JANUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Alex Demyanenko argues there is a better film trying to break free — the urgency is real, even...
12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
A new book highlights how Kurdish female and non-binary writers challenge norms and push boundaries.
14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Matt Broomfield
Al-Dujaili shows how global crises connect us and reveal our shared humanity.
6 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Noshin Bokth
The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot...
12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Matt Broomfield's new book explores the history of the Rojava revolution in Syrian Kurdistan as a model for...
11 JULY 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
In Iraq, buildings don’t simply reflect ideology — they absorb it, transmit it, and sometimes resist it. Especially...
4 JULY 2025 • By Meriam Othman
Somewhere in Tehran, a child feels the same incomprehensible terror as foreign missiles fall, just as the writer...
20 JUNE 2025 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Hassan Blasim’s work is not imitation. His is a voice forged in exile, and steeped in the paradoxes...
25 APRIL 2025 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
An NYU professor who has frequently taught this Iraqi novel finds that two months into Trump 2.0, its...
21 MARCH 2025 • By Deborah Williams
Baxtyar Hamasur has dedicated his life to stories, even wearing a pair of story glasses. “I see everything...
7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Baxtyar Hamasur
