Kafka in Tangier is a Brooding Homage to Metamorphosis
Rula Khateeb Jarallah reviews the news translation of the Mohammed Said Hjiouij novella in which a man is transformed into a monkey.
Rula Khateeb Jarallah reviews the news translation of the Mohammed Said Hjiouij novella in which a man is transformed into a monkey.
Malu Halasa finds unexpected tastes, pleasures and upsets at the 2023 London Book Fair.
Janine AlHadidi reviews the gritty mystery thriller set in east Amman that has Jordanians talking.
For eight years, a blind Palestinian school principal has resisted persistent Israeli efforts to drive his family out of Jerusalem.
Katie Logan reviews a familiar coming-of-age story elevated by deep thinking about the nature of history, empire and narrative.
Writer-photographer Ara Oshagan mediates on the borders between North and South Korea and the blockaded enclave of Artsakh.
Seta Kabranian-Melkonian, author and widow of the late Monte “Avo” Melkonian, commander of the Artsakh War for Independence, recounts the tale.
Mireille Rebeiz remembers her Tante Rose and the lore of Armenian culture-history in Lebanon, where forgetting is endemic.
Mischa Geracoulis presents an eclectic list of 10 books that delve into the Armenian experience, including memoir, fiction and history.
Malu Halasa talks to the director of a new documentary exposing the cruelty of Iran's Islamic regime.
Art historian William Carruthers explores the modern city of Luxor and the ancient site of Thebes along the Nile.
A new documentary on Gaza from Roland Nurier is touring France and screening in diverse film festivals worldwide.
Looking for love and her father's past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and after Covid.
Laura Silvia Battaglia, on the set of Hanging Gardens, explores the burgeoning Iraqi film scene in Baghdad.
Our correspondent in Tunis, Sarah Ben Hamadi, interviews Yamen Menaï, one of Tunisia's best-selling young novelists.