“Orient Tavern” and “The Hungarian Hut,” from Azher Jirjees’ collection, explore post-2003 Iraqi struggles.
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Azher Jirjees
The war on Gaza and Hamas reminds Palestinian American poet Deema K. Shehabi of her father and stories...
30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deema K Shehabi
A Kurdish boy in Sulemani province in northern Iraq, near the Iranian border, would do anything to own...
23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Diary Marif
Michael Scott Moore channels veteran experiences through a wily cat as an Iraq war vet tries to readapt...
11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Michael Scott Moore
In his new book, Andrew Quilty relates some of the blowback after 9/11 brought about the invasion of...
11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Andrew Quilty
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the Iraqi correspondent's new memoir on Middle East wars and asks questions.
10 JULY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Hamilton Cain reviews a police procedural that connects Norfolk, Virginia with the late Iraq War and the streets...
29 MAY 2023 • By Hamilton Cain
These days, for Iranian photographer Jassem Ghazbanpour, who began shooting the Iran-Iraq war at age 16, home is...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Jassem Ghazbanpour
This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Hassan Blasim
Sparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Mischa Geracoulis interviews Texas-based multimedia artist Lahib Jaddo on her complex relationship with Iraq.
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Nadje Al-Ali finds that Maysoon Pachachi’s film reflects her "long-standing commitment to highlight experiences of ordinary Iraqis, especially...
30 MAY 2022 • By Nadje Al-Ali
