Can love transform in the face of bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation, and expulsion?
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A young writer reports that safe transportation remains dangerously scarce.
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What could be more central to any discussion of peace and justice than Palestinian freedom and sovereignty in our lifetimes?
30 JANUARY, 2026 • By TMR
Like a classic noir narrative in which morality blurs and truth is slippery, the world today feels increasingly absurd and nihilistic.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably, Mohammad Rabie
In this exclusive short story, a Palestinian aspiring poet in New York City tries to solve an unsolvable mystery.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Omar Khalifah
Ala Younis uses architecture, visual culture, and archives to excavate lesser-known connections and stories.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
In this short story translated from Persian, an ordinary day swiftly — and brutally — changes course.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Abdollah Nazari
In this new book, Lisa Graves demonstrates the extent and danger of the changes to judicial power.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Stephen Rohde
These ten novels—all steeped in uncertainty, grit, shadowy streets, and moral ambiguity—encapsulate the best of Arab noir writing.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Jafar Panahi’s film reminds us that vengeance doesn’t stop at borders.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
This gritty thriller interweaves multiple perspectives to explore exile, identity, resistance, and the human cost of war.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Mirna Al-Mahdi
A novel that tells the story of the end of socialism in Algeria, almost one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Saïd Khaitibi
Playwright Melis Aker makes a compelling argument in favor of shadows.
05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Melis Aker
