Three Levantine Tales
Writer, translator and artist Nouha Hamad tells three tales passed down as family legend connecting the 19th and 20th centuries.
Jordan
Alchemy and the Deaf Blacksmith of Amman
Munir Atalla, the Brooklyn-based writer-director, recounts the story of a rather unusually happy, earnest man with a handicap and a skill.
The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?
Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Egypt.
Gaza’s Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art
Yara Chaalan looks into the Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art in Gaza and profiles a few younger, emerging artists.
Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared
In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old country.
Bahamut, or the Salt of the Earth
Farah Abdessamad remembers the Dead Sea and the myth of Bahamut.