Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.
27 JUNE 2022 • By Rana Asfour
More Lebanese live abroad than at home, and the exodus continues. Some have the option to leave, others...
27 JUNE 2022 • By Anton Shammas
A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Joumana Haddad
Nora Lester Murad reviews a "far-fetched" story of a marriage between a Palestinian Muslim and an American Jew.
16 MAY 2022 • By Youssef Rakha
For April's column, music critic Melissa Chemam looks longingly at the legend of Lebanon's diva.
25 APRIL 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Our music columnist Melissa Chemam, disturbed by the war in Ukraine, makes the link between Odesa and Beirut...
21 MARCH 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Lebanese poet-novelist Abbas Baydoun reflects in an autobiographical mode on the melancholy of language and existence, while contemplating...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Abbas Baydoun
Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.
10 JANUARY 2022 • By TMR
Racism props up its ugly head from every quarter, but Tariq Mehmood refuses to be deterred.
15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Lawrence Joffe
Writer, translator and artist Nouha Hamad tells three tales passed down as family legend connecting the 19th and...
15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Deborah Kapchan
Translators Nadiyah Abdullatif and Anam Zafar bring us Lena Merhej's classic graphic novel on Merhej’s mother’s journey from...
15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Sibeal Gordon
Art critic Arie Amaya-Akkermans summons the gods of art and poetry as he reviews the life work of...
19 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
