A Christian woman in solitary confinement in a Pakistani prison is recognized as a voice of reason, even...
5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Farah Ahamed
A poet and sage voice in international literature, Pramila Venkateswaran straddles two worlds, bringing together South Asia and...
4 JULY 2025 • By Pramila Venkateswaran
The first anthology of its kind to appear in English, "Modern Poetry of Pakistan" brings together many poetic...
15 OCTOBER 2024 • By TMR
The poetry of Waqas Khwaja captures in image, narrative voice, and personal memory the terrible beauty of an...
15 OCTOBER 2024 • By Waqas Khwaja
Sarah realizes that gatekeepers come in all shapes and forms — over the radio, at the end of...
6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Farah Ahamed
When Mehreen and Asma compare notes, they realize they are still not unfettered lovers.
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Farah Ahamed
Novelist R.P. Finch reviews the debut novel of Aisha Abdel Gawad, set in the "Arabland" of Bay Ridge,...
15 MAY 2023 • By R.P. Finch
A Pultizer winner for his play "Disgraced," Ayad Akhtar is the current President of PEN America and author...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Tony Barnstone and Bilal Shaw present their book of Ghabib ghazals, translated from the Urdu.
16 OCTOBER 2022 • By Tony Barnstone
A word from Pádraig O. Tuama, poet-editor of the new anthology "Poetry Unbound, 50 Poems to Open Your...
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Pádraig O. Tuama
Racism props up its ugly head from every quarter, but Tariq Mehmood refuses to be deterred.
15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Lawrence Joffe
What happens when an immigrant professor dresses to impress in a bid to land tenure at a Saudi...
22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Claire Berlinski
