Syria

From Damascus to Birmingham, a Selected Glossary

From Damascus to Birmingham, a Selected Glossary

Frances Zaid describes in epistolary fashion the language barriers in her blooming relationship (leading to marriage and kids)...

14 MAY 2021 • By Frances Zaid
Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Rana Asfour reviews the new novel by Hala Alyan, revisiting the city that marked her and the author...

9 MAY 2021 • By TMR
Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Claire Launchbury writes of one man's long search for the truth about Lebanon's civil war, cut short by...

14 MARCH 2021 • By Claire Launchbury
The Freedom You Want

The Freedom You Want

A poem for Syria by Mohja Kahf.

14 MARCH 2021 • By Charlie Faulkner
The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later

The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later

Mischa Geracoulis remembers Zahra's Paradise along with the Arab awakenings, George Floyd, Covid-19 and Groundhog Day.

14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Alia Mossallam
Ten Years of Hope and Blood

Ten Years of Hope and Blood

In which Egyptian-Syrian-French journalist and novelist Robert Solé considers the Arab awakenings across the region.

14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Watch Water Films & Donate to Water Organizations

Watch Water Films & Donate to Water Organizations

Is the cost of water really higher than the cost of petrol? Are we destined to run out...

16 JANUARY 2021 • By TMR
Muhammad Malas, Syria’s Auteur, is the subject of a Film Biography

Muhammad Malas, Syria’s Auteur, is the subject of a Film Biography

Rana Asfour reviews a documentary by Nezar Andary on the Syrian auteur filmmaker, Muhammad Malas.

10 JANUARY 2021 • By TMR
Trembling Landscapes: Between Reality and Fiction: Eleven Artists from the Middle East*

Trembling Landscapes: Between Reality and Fiction: Eleven Artists from the Middle East*

Landscape is a charged notion in the Middle East—even the geographical term Middle East is not neutral, but...

14 DECEMBER 2020 • By Anne-Marie O'Connor
Freedom is femininity: Faraj Bayrakdar

Freedom is femininity: Faraj Bayrakdar

18 years in the making, this winter Upset Press will publish a new volume of poems by former...

14 DECEMBER 2020 • By Rebecca C. Johnson
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