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A former volunteer in Khartoum questions if "madness" is an illness or a rational response in a trauma-ridden country.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Robert Bociaga
A Christian woman in solitary confinement in a Pakistani prison is recognized as a voice of reason, even though others view her as mad.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Farah Ahamed
A drink at a pub, a conversation about psychoanalysis, madness, despair and pain—an encounter.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Ayça Çubukçu
After living in London and Beirut, Sara Shamma returned to Damascus, where her hyperrealistic paintings reflect the chaos of today’s world.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
An exploration of our connections with animal symbols delves into how they intertwine with themes of fear, survival, the body, and language.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Dina Shehata, Rana Asfour
Inspired by a famous Libyan folktale, “Azouz il-Gayla,” the tale intends to discipline children to keep them from playing outside during nap time.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Safa Elnaili
A curated collection of fiction and non-fiction exploring the ways political and social unrest impacts mental health in the Middle East.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Fourteen million people have been displaced from Sudan due to the war, finding joy in life between the Hilo and the Murr.
05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Re'al Bakhit
The “francophone” term limits books to the “Francophonie” section in French bookstores, and forces authors to focus on identity.
04 JULY, 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Nasser Rabah and other poets of Gaza are still writing — still sending their poems to us, because Palestine is literature.
04 JULY, 2025 • By Eman Quotah
A doctor writes on the grand multiparas — women who have given birth five or more times.
04 JULY, 2025 • By Sarah Shaheen, Lina Mounzer
Elias Khoury and Ilan Pappe discuss a mutual line of racism and victimization that runs through the Nakba and the Holocaust.
04 JULY, 2025 • By Ilan Pappé
