Review

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

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...

2 MAY 2021 • By Faraj Bayrakdar
Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

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.

25 APRIL 2021 • By TMR
“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish

“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...

28 MARCH 2021 • By Sherifa Zuhur
Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

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.

28 MARCH 2021 • By Joyce Zonana
Secrets, Leaks, and the Imperative of Truth and Transparency

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.

14 MARCH 2021 • By Stephen Rohde
Truth or Dare? Reinterpreting Al-Harīrī’s Arab Rogue

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...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Danielle Haque
The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

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...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Malu Halasa
Allah and the American Dream

Allah and the American Dream

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

14 MARCH 2021 • By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
Poetry Against the State

Poetry Against the State

Gil Anidjar reviews A Bibliography for After Jews and Arabs, and suggests that "our problem is that we...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Preeta Samarasan
Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Melissa Chemam considers the sixth novel by France's former teen sensation Faïza Guène and whether she is now...

7 MARCH 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

Farah Abdessamad reviews Silence is a Sense, the new novel from Layla AlAmmar.

25 JANUARY 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

Layla AlAmmar takes us into the heart of Adania Shibli's literary thriller, where Palestinian lives are but a...

30 DECEMBER 2020 • By Layla AlAmmar
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