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Review

6 June, 2021 • Myriam Gurba

Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”

Myriam Gurba reviews a book that argues that some "white feminists accept the benefits conferred by white supremacy at the expense of people of color."

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30 May, 2021 • Malu Halasa

Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Malu Halasa reviews a new anthology of Arab women writers on sex, love and lust, including "the leading lights of modern Arab fiction: Hanan al-Shaykh, Adhaf Soueif, Leila Slimani and Adania Shibli."

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30 May, 2021 • Rana Asfour

The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

Rana Asfour reviews Faysal Khartash's Roundabout of Death and Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars.

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23 May, 2021 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

War Diary: The End of Innocence

Arie Amaya-Akkermans investigates Agenda 1979: Imagine sitting at home in the presence of a handbook for destroying, bombing, maiming and injuring. The poet Etel Adnan features prominently.

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23 May, 2021 • Mischa Geracoulis

I was a French Muslim—Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the memoir from Algerian freedom fighter Mokhtar Mokhtefi.

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16 May, 2021 • Selma Dabbagh

Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Selma Dabbagh reviews the story of Egypt's pioneering women performers and feminists, including Oum Khoulthum and Munira al-Maydiyya.

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2 May, 2021 • Hiba Moustafa

Why Mona Eltahawy Wants to Smash the Patriarchy

Egyptian author and feminist Mona Eltahawy publishes daily tweets calling out the patriarchy. Hiba Moustafa reviews her new book.

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2 May, 2021 • Eman Quotah

In Search of Knowledge, Mazid Travels to Baghdad, Jerusalem, Cairo, Granada and Córdoba

Reviewer Eman Quotah finds that Omaima Al-Khamis' "singular imagination shines through in an erudite and sensual tale that captures a complex moment in Islamic history."

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25 April, 2021 • Rana Asfour

Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.

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28 March, 2021 • Patrick James Dunagan

“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish

Reviewer Patrick James Dunagan on poetry that strives to cope with the anguish of Israel's decades-long military occupation of the Palestinian people.

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28 March, 2021 • Joyce Zonana

Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.

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14 March, 2021 • Stephen Rohde

Secrets, Leaks, and the Imperative of Truth and Transparency

Stephen Rohde on how widespread government secrecy, alongside the punishment of truth-tellers, betrays fundamental principles underlying democracy.

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14 March, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

Truth or Dare? Reinterpreting Al-Harīrī’s Arab Rogue

Farah Abdessamad reviews a new English translation of Impostures from Basra-born Al-Hariri that revives the "eloquent rogue" genre of classical Arabic literature.

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14 March, 2021 • Malu Halasa

The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

Malu Halasa reviews the new graphic novel by former political prisoner and editorial cartoonist Mana Neyestani, released in 2021 by IranWire.com.

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14 March, 2021 • Rayyan Al-Shawaf

Allah and the American Dream

Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews The Bad Muslim Discount, the second novel from Syed Masood, but isn't sure he likes its happy ending.

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