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You Want Your Friends to See Who You Really Are

You Want Your Friends to See Who You Really Are

A writer confronts the harsh reality of performative acceptance versus true solidarity as her community's struggles become inconvenient.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Christina Adranly
About to Erupt: A Snapshot of Contemporary Art in Istanbul

About to Erupt: A Snapshot of Contemporary Art in Istanbul

Naima Morelli explores Istanbul's art scene, delving into its underground energies through a gallery show, art fair, and...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Naima Morelli
Contretemps, a Bold Film on Lebanon’s Crises

Contretemps, a Bold Film on Lebanon’s Crises

Filmmaker Ghassan Salhab presents an immersive study of Lebanese youth, the silent isolation of mortality, and resistance.

16 MAY 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Insurrection of the Spirit: Algeria’s Resistance Poet Anna Gréki

Insurrection of the Spirit: Algeria’s Resistance Poet Anna Gréki

Gréki’s poetry expresses her deep love for Algeria while also serving as a powerful tribute to resistance against...

21 MARCH 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
Memories of Palestine through Contemporary Media

Memories of Palestine through Contemporary Media

Malu Halasa reviews a psycho-social-virtual memoir of Palestine of both emotional and geographic proportions.

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Malu Halasa
“The Spirit of Mutiny”—speculative fiction

“The Spirit of Mutiny”—speculative fiction

An excerpt from a novel of speculative fiction envisioned a post-imperialist future, with Gaza as a key symbol...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Radhika Singh
A Small Kernel of Human Kindness: Some Notes on Solidarity and Resistance

A Small Kernel of Human Kindness: Some Notes on Solidarity and Resistance

Empathy requires knowledge and collective action to avoid blindly following the crowds, writes Nancy Kricorian.

24 MAY 2024 • By Nancy Kricorian
Man Is a Cause: Wisam Rafeedie & the Palestinian Revolutionary Novel

Man Is a Cause: Wisam Rafeedie & the Palestinian Revolutionary Novel

A classic prison novel by Wisam Rafeedie recounts the revolutionary fervor of Palestinian political prisoners.

19 APRIL 2024 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
New Palestinian Poster Art Responds to War and Apartheid

New Palestinian Poster Art Responds to War and Apartheid

Curator Nadine Aranki presents posters by new and established artists, writers and graphic designers, in the service of...

26 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Nadine Aranki
Inside Hamas: From Resistance to Regime

Inside Hamas: From Resistance to Regime

An exclusive excerpt from the 2023 title "Hamas: From Resistance to Regime" by Paola Caridi, translated by Andrea...

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Paola Caridi
Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s  Imagining Palestine

Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine

Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé argues that the agency and resilience of the Palestinians shines in "Imagining Palestine."

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Ilan Pappé
Words of Resistance: Nasim Marashi, Syaman Rapongan & Isabelle Sorente

Words of Resistance: Nasim Marashi, Syaman Rapongan & Isabelle Sorente

Lou Heliot presents a portrait of three engagé novelists who make literature the locus of their resistance.

17 JULY 2023 • By Lou Heliot
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