Can love transform in the face of bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation, and expulsion?
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After many years of being tormented, a man finally seeks revenge against past aggressors who have long since vanished. Or have they?
04 JULY, 2025 • By Eman Al Yousuf, Rana Asfour
We're not quite at "Fahrenheit 451" where books in pyres are burned in public, but our freedom to read faces significant threats.
04 JULY, 2025 • By Yasmina Jraissati
June’s issue features essays, reviews, and fiction—highlighting Lina Mounzer’s centerpiece and Hadani Ditmars’ art story.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By TMR
A writer looks back on formative memories in the kitchen and wonders about the value of women’s work.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
A joint Arab/Kurdish exhibition at Baghdad’s The Gallery showcased how the nation’s two solitudes can unite through art.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Lebanese Canadian writer and visual artist Joyce Joumaa’s videos demonstrate that the colonized are not passive recipients of their condition.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Aidan Simardone
Creatively blending elements of fantasy, Kacimi offers readers a fresh lens onto contemporary life in Algeria.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Samir Kacimi, Rana Asfour
Graphic novels out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and rebellion against European colonialism.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Aomar Boum
Sepideh Gholian's book demonstrates that freedom, even in confinement, is a state of mind, where choosing life is part of the struggle.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Hannah Kaviani
Joe Sacco uses his graphic storytelling in "War on Gaza" to reflect on the events in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Elias Feroz
Naima Morelli explores Istanbul’s art scene through a gallery, an art fair, and a museum retrospective.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Naima Morelli
The writer explores Lebanon's archives for traces of her family who left 150 years ago, contemplating our responsibilities to our ancestors.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Amelia Izmanki
