“The Hauntology of Varosha” or “Room Number 137 of the Argo Hotel”
A Cypriot writer's story about a forgotten child in an abandoned town the writer looked on to from her window in Cyprus.
Tag: memory
Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan
Arie Amaya-Akkermans does a deep dive into the fascinating career of Istanbul-born Greek Armenian artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan.
On Museums and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Arie Amaya-Akkermans on the history of war, colonialism, memory and how museums strive to preserve and display artifacts and art.
“The Burden of Inheritance”—fiction from Mai Al-Nakib
In Mai Al-Nakib’s new short story, a woman makes a Herculean effort to preserve the memory and artwork of her late husband.
The Ghost of Gezi Park—Turkey 10 Years On
An art critic comments on the 10th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests with an overview of a decade of corresponding Turkish art.
Nabeul, Mon Amour
Yesmine Abida, a Tunisian in the diaspora, returns home to document the last vestiges of Nabeul's once-thriving Jewish community.
On Lebanon and Lamia Joreige’s “Uncertain Times”
Arie Amaya-Akkermans reflects on Lamia Joreige's "Uncertain Times," which represents the Lebanese wars and their aftermath.
Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture
Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.
The Intruders and the City
Rasha Abbas, a Syrian writer who ventures into the surreal, examines her conflicted relationship with Berlin.
Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”
Riding the bus down memory lane, a Palestinian American scholar of digital culture at MIT recalls her time in Jerusalem and Haifa.
Dima Mikhayel Matta: “This Text Is a Very Lonely Document”
A bold excerpt from the new Saqi anthology, "This Arab is Queer," in which a non-binary person from Lebanon explores solitude and family.
Film Review: “Memory Box” on Lebanon Merges Art & Cinema
Arie Akkersmans-Amaya reviews the latest film by Lebanese artist duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, whom he interviews.
Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim
Claire Launchbury writes of one man's long search for the truth about Lebanon's civil war, cut short by his mysterious murder this year.