Like a classic noir narrative in which morality blurs and truth is slippery, the world today feels increasingly absurd and nihilistic.
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An exclusive excerpt from Dina Wahba's book "Counter Revolutionary Egypt" describes how the lachrymose president manipulates the public.
04 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Dina Wahba
When disaster strikes Maryam Haidari between Tunis and Tehran, the past seven years of her life as a poet, writer and translator are thrown into stark relief.
04 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Maryam Haidari, Salar Abdoh
Sean Casey on a rather unusual and remarkable debut from Arthur Kayzakian that melds poetry, prose and correspondence.
04 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Sean Casey
Lina Mounzer reviews the new book by Anna Lekas Miller that gathers stories of love- and border-challenged couples.
04 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
There are some long, languid and even dangerous summers that Beirutis can never forget, and this is one of them.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By MK Harb
In this short story by Egyptian writer Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, translated from Arabic, a man contends with his mortality on his death bed.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, Rana Asfour
In this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a girl's school.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Maryam Mahjoba, Zubair Popalzai
An exclusive excerpt from Mohammed Abdelnabi's latest novel "Almost Every Day," translated from the Arabic by Nada Faris.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Mohammed Abdelnabi, Nada Faris
Exclusive excerpt from Huda Fahreddine's "A Brief Time Under a Different Sun," translated from the Arabic by Rana Asfour.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Huda J. Fakhreddine, Rana Asfour
A young woman in Gaza who has already lost so much wants to live another day, in this short story by Joumana Haddad.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Joumana Haddad
Yesmine Abida recalls the end of her family's time in Tripoli and the beginning of a life without a center.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Yesmine Abida
Sarri Elfaitouri on urbanism, social reforms, and the legacy of colonialism in Libya after the March 2023 demolition of the city's center.
03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Naima Morelli
