Jordan Archives

6 February, 2023 • Jenine Abboushi

In her Sudden Journeys column for February, Jenine Abboushi unfurls the Jordanian desert and mountains in the Wadi Feynan.

5 February, 2023 • Inaam Kachachi

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.

8 August, 2022 • Mischa Geracoulis

Mischa Geracoulis reviews dance music from the LA Armenian/Middle Eastern duo, Bei Ru and Krista Marina.

15 December, 2021 • Nouha Homad

Writer, translator and artist Nouha Hamad tells three tales passed down as family legend connecting the 19th and 20th centuries.

15 November, 2021 • Munir Atalla

Munir Atalla, the Brooklyn-based writer-director, recounts the story of a rather unusually happy, earnest man with a handicap and a skill.

15 November, 2021 • Hadani Ditmars

Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Egypt.

14 July, 2021 • Yara Chaalan

Yara Chaalan looks into the Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art in Gaza and profiles a few younger, emerging artists.

14 June, 2021 • C.S. Layla

In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old country.

14 January, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad remembers the Dead Sea and the myth of Bahamut.

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