Book Review: “The Go-Between” by Osman Yousefzada
Hannah Fox reviews the Birmingham memoir by fashion artist Osman Yousefzada.
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“Breaking Bread, Building Bridges”: a Film Review
Mischa Geracoulis reviews an Arab-Jewish food for peace documentary shot in Haifa.
Arabic and Latin, Cosmopolitan Languages of the Premodern Mediterranean and its Hinterlands
Justin Stearns, a scholar of the pre-modern Muslim Middle East, reviews the new book by Karla Mallette on the fascinating history of two of the world's great languages.
Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.
Syria Through British Eyes
British-Syrian novelist Rana Haddad compares her experience growing up in Syria with the way people beyond Syria's borders see her country.
Prison Letters From a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row
Excerpts from Pen Pal: Prison Letters From a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row Tiyo Attallah Salah-El, edited by Paul Alan Smith Or Books (Sept. 2020) ISBN 9781682193044 Tiyo… Continue reading Prison Letters From a Free Spirit on Slow Death Row
Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit
Novelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.
World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues
Mala Halasa curates art, music, parks and politix from London…
Tamim Ansary’s Afghan-American Story
The story of an Afghan who became an American in the age of Haight-Ashbury.