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Cairo: A Downtown in Search of Lost Global City Status

Cairo: A Downtown in Search of Lost Global City Status

A photo festival backed by a real estate developer puts the spotlight on Cairo's Downtown under transformation.

13 JUNE 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Survives Another Assault

Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Survives Another Assault

Hadani Ditmars reports on a legendary Palestinian theatre in Jenin that has nine lives and gives hope to...

24 JULY 2023 • By Hadani Ditmars
“Breaking Bread, Building Bridges”: a Film Review

“Breaking Bread, Building Bridges”: a Film Review

Mischa Geracoulis reviews an Arab-Jewish food for peace documentary shot in Haifa.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
Arabic and Latin, Cosmopolitan Languages of the Premodern Mediterranean and its Hinterlands

Arabic and Latin, Cosmopolitan Languages of the Premodern Mediterranean and its Hinterlands

Justin Stearns, a scholar of the pre-modern Muslim Middle East, reviews the new book by Karla Mallette on...

24 JANUARY 2022 • By Nouha Homad
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in...

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
“The Location of the Soul According to Benyamin Alhadeff”—a story by Nektaria Anastasiadou

“The Location of the Soul According to Benyamin Alhadeff”—a story by Nektaria Anastasiadou

Nektaria Anastasiadou weaves a rich tale of thwarted love between Sephardic and Rum residents of Istanbul.

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
The Bathing Partition

The Bathing Partition

In this creative exploration of identity and homelessness, Sheana Ochoa faces her own inner walls and travels to...

14 MAY 2021 • By Sheana Ochoa
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