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Aida Šehović on the 30th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide

Aida Šehović on the 30th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide

Bosnian-American artist Šehović marks the Srebrenica Genocide with an installation of cups filled with coffee — unsweetened and...

18 JULY 2025 • By Claudia Mende
Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza

Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza

Gaza's senior poet Nasser Rabah presents two poems from his first collected works in English, new from City...

4 JULY 2025 • By Nasser Rabah
Afraid for Our Children’s Future, How Do We Talk About War?

Afraid for Our Children’s Future, How Do We Talk About War?

Souseh counsels hope and continued resistance to an anxious mother worried about her kids in dangerous times.

20 JUNE 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
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
Afghanistan’s Histories of Conflict, Resistance & Desires

Afghanistan’s Histories of Conflict, Resistance & Desires

A new exhibition unravels the entangled histories and cultures of Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Western Europe through...

7 MARCH 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
Finding Emptiness: Gaza Artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut

Finding Emptiness: Gaza Artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut

Jim Quilty interviews Paris-based Gazan artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut about his new show, "Just in Case" at...

21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Annahita Mahdavi West: Two Poems

Annahita Mahdavi West: Two Poems

Iranian American poet Annahita Mahdavi West presents two poems, "Exile" and "City of War" from her book "Dusty...

19 DECEMBER 2024 • By Annahita Mahdavi West
A Jewish Meditation on the Palestinian Genocide

A Jewish Meditation on the Palestinian Genocide

A Jewish American has been afraid to express her reservations and criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza, but...

15 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Sheryl Ono
The Haunting Reality of Beirut, My City

The Haunting Reality of Beirut, My City

Roger Assaf's poetic script for Jocelyne Saab's 1982 film about the siege of Beirut puts one in mind...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Roger Assaf
“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali

“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali

In Haidar Al Ghazali's short story, a Palestinian father during the war on Gaza makes an impossible choice.

5 JULY 2024 • By Haidar Al Ghazali
Is Amin Maalouf’s Latest Novel, On the Isle of Antioch, a Parody?

Is Amin Maalouf’s Latest Novel, On the Isle of Antioch, a Parody?

Farah-Silvana Kanan questions whether, in this novel, the Franco-Lebanese master is at the height of his powers, or...

14 JUNE 2024 • By Farah-Silvana Kanaan
Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

A stage director declines producing a play about a child tragically murdered during a genocide, fearing she may...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
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