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Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy

Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy

As a Muslim American and scholar of Islam, Sarah Eltantawi finds the new series from Mo Amer and...

7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Sarah Eltantawi
Muslims in the Americas—a review of “Praying to the West”

Muslims in the Americas—a review of “Praying to the West”

Francisco Letelier, a non-Muslim, reviews Omar Mouallem's "Praying to the West" from the outside looking in.

19 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Farah Abdessamad
Al-Koni’s Tuareg Perspective on Islam’s Conquest of North Africa

Al-Koni’s Tuareg Perspective on Islam’s Conquest of North Africa

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the new Ibrahim al-Koni translation of a story that recounts Islam's conquest of North Africa.

5 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Francisco Letelier
“Fatima and The Handsome Jew”—Ali Al-Muqri

“Fatima and The Handsome Jew”—Ali Al-Muqri

In "The Handsome Jew" the novelist from Yemen recounts a powerful yet tragic tale of forbidden love.

15 AUGUST 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji

“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji

The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
Barrak Alzaid: “Pink and Blue”

Barrak Alzaid: “Pink and Blue”

A young storyteller in Kuwait is captivated by the lives of Filipina women he does not know.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Barrak Alzaid
Ma’moul: Toward a Philosophy of Food

Ma’moul: Toward a Philosophy of Food

Bethlehem chef and writer Fadi Kattan muses on the philosophy of food and faith, choosing local tradition over...

15 APRIL 2022 • By Ella Shohat
Academics Decry French Attacks on “Islamo-Leftists”

Academics Decry French Attacks on “Islamo-Leftists”

Hundreds of French and Anglophone academics are speaking out against what they call the French government’s “conspiracy theory”...

14 MARCH 2021 • By
Why is Arabic Provoking such Controversy in France?

Why is Arabic Provoking such Controversy in France?

Melissa Chemam takes us inside the French controversy over Arabic and radical Islam.

15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma

Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma

I am waiting for the Tunisian American writer Leila Chatti to tell me, in her own words, in...

14 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By gethan&myles
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