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A writer born into both Arabic and Hebrew linguistic traditions finds herself writing in English but longing for Arabic.
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The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in the Nevada desert.
15 JUNE, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an Arab."
15 JUNE, 2022 • By Joumana Haddad, Rana Asfour
One of contemporary Iran's best storytellers conjures a tale of octogenarian love in a Nabokovian mode.
15 JUNE, 2022 • By Alireza Iranmehr
A wayward daughter leaves Boston to spend a summer back home in Cairo, where she observes the decline of her once prominent family.
15 JUNE, 2022 • By Amany Kamal Eldin
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.
15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
Iason Athanasiadis paints the portrait of Bahoz, a stateless Kurd who will keep fighting to become accepted for asylum in Europe.
15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming a refugee preoccupied her life for more than 20 years.
15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Rana Asfour
A.J. Naddaff reviews the latest work of creative nonfiction by Lebanon's Charif Majdalani, as his nation teeters on the edge of the abyss.
15 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By A.J. Naddaff
Excerpted from the anthology Kurdish Women’s Stories (Pluto Press, 2020), by special arrangement with editor Houzan Mahmoud. The Prison Speakers Played Islamic Verses Kobra Banehi Kobra Banehi, also known…
15 SEPTEMBER, 2021 • By Kobra Banehi, Jordan Elgrably
Jenine Abboushi recalls family histories and lifelong friendships linking Gaza with Ramallah, Jenin and Jerusalem.
14 JULY, 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Notes from the editor on truth and discernment.
15 MARCH, 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
