Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing
One of Iran's contemporary writers shares his thoughts with a friend in the west about the direction the country is going as a result of the Mahsa Amini protests.
Tag: revolution
Zoulikha, Forgotten Freedom Fighter of the Algerian War
Fouad Mami meditates on a nearly forgotten heroine of Algeria's war for independence, who was memorialzied in an Assia Djebar novel.
My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution
Filmmaker and historian Viola Shafik muses on German art, colonialism and restitution in Berlin.
Kairo Koshary, Berlin’s Egyptian Food Truck
A serial entrepreneur, engineer and nomad settles in Berlin, only to start up an Egyptian food truck.
Questionable Thinking on the Syrian Revolution
Critic Fouad Mami suggests that a Syrian author may be guilty of pseudo-thinking in service of the counterrevolution.
Lebanon in a Loop: A Retrospective of “Waves ’98”
Youssef Manessa reviews a short film from Ely Dagher that speaks to his generation of Lebanese born in the '90s.
Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel
Ahmed Naji reviews "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" just out from Graywolf.
Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world
Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.