Kali Rubaii explores how Iraqi farmers endure despite U.S. military intervention, as they repair their war-damaged homeland.
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A conversation between writers unfolds into a meditation on exile, memory, and how history inhabits our most private...
10 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Our reviewer examines the Arab melancholy at the heart of Saleem Haddad’s second novel.
20 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Layla AlAmmar
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
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
