Haunted by fear and fragile hope, two couples cross the Afghan capital and accidentally meet. Where is the...
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Parand
Victor Hugo’s way still guides those building bridges across languages, faiths, and histories in a time of fear.
4 JULY 2025 • By Yahia Lababidi
For one family, faith is overshadowed by the bitter taste of suffering rather than the peace it is...
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Shamsia
Science fiction and dystopias figure prominently in Arab literature going back more than 100 years, writes Elizabeth Rauh.
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Elizabeth L. Rauh
The Bīylmawn festival has recently made a comeback but not everyone is pleased with the highly stylized and...
12 JULY 2024 • By Brahim El Guabli
Palestine's shrines are a part of a heritage that has been intentionally erased since the Nakba of 1948,...
3 MAY 2024 • By Gabriel Polley
Iason Athanasiadis reviews a documentary of an Egyptian's observations of the first year of the Taliban's new regime.
19 APRIL 2024 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Bavand Karim reviews the film "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbassi which coldly deconstructs the brutal nature of Iran’s...
11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Bavand Karim
Yasmine Motawy interviews the critically-acclaimed Sudanese novelist and short story writer, Leila Aboulela.
29 MAY 2023 • By Yasmine Motawy
Novelist R.P. Finch reviews the debut novel of Aisha Abdel Gawad, set in the "Arabland" of Bay Ridge,...
15 MAY 2023 • By R.P. Finch
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for...
8 MAY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Rusha Rafeek interviews graphic memoirist Malaka Gharib about her Arab American coming of age story.
15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Necati Sönmez
