Lebanon

16 Formidable Lebanese Photographers in an Abbey

16 Formidable Lebanese Photographers in an Abbey

Nada Ghosn interviews the curator and Lebanese photographers exhibiting in the Abbey de Jumièges, north of Paris.

5 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
Hot Summer Playlist: “Diaspora Dreams” Drops

Hot Summer Playlist: “Diaspora Dreams” Drops

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

8 AUGUST 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?

Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?

The world may be driving us crazy, but sharing our stories across cultures and borders is one way...

15 JULY 2022 • By TMR
Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

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
Why I left Lebanon and Became a Transitional Citizen

Why I left Lebanon and Became a Transitional Citizen

More Lebanese live abroad than at home, and the exodus continues. Some have the option to leave, others...

27 JUNE 2022 • By Anton Shammas
Joumana Haddad: “Victim #232”

Joumana Haddad: “Victim #232”

A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Joumana Haddad
Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”

Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”

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
Fairouz is the Voice of Lebanon, Symbol of Hope in a Weary Land

Fairouz is the Voice of Lebanon, Symbol of Hope in a Weary Land

For April's column, music critic Melissa Chemam looks longingly at the legend of Lebanon's diva.

25 APRIL 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Music in the Middle East: Bring Back Peace

Music in the Middle East: Bring Back Peace

Our music columnist Melissa Chemam, disturbed by the war in Ukraine, makes the link between Odesa and Beirut...

21 MARCH 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
“Gluttony” from Abbas Beydoun’s “Frankenstein’s Mirrors”

“Gluttony” from Abbas Beydoun’s “Frankenstein’s Mirrors”

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
Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world

Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world

Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.

10 JANUARY 2022 • By Rana Asfour
My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

Racism props up its ugly head from every quarter, but Tariq Mehmood refuses to be deterred.

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Lawrence Joffe
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