Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture
Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.
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The Art of Translation is Akin to “Dancing on Ropes”
Deborah Kapchan reviews the new book on translation from Anna Aslanyan.
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche
Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.
Marrakesh Artist Mo Baala Returns to Galerie 127 with Collage
El Habib Louai talks to artist Mo Baala about his latest exhibition of collages and overpaintings at Marrakesh's Galery 127.
Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival
Laëtitia Soula talks to Talaat El Singaby, founder of one of the world's largest annual guitar festivals.
A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria
Ghazi Gheblawi reviews "The Darkness Inside," a literary thriller set in the world of social media and foreign wars.
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1
In a new three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi lays bare the surveillance state.
The Egyptian Revolution and “The Republic of False Truths”
Aimee Dassa Kligman reviews the latest novel from the exiled author of "The Yacoubian Building."
From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands
Writing from Montpellier, Angélique Crux highlights four musical performances in a Middle Eastern arts festival that has no equal in Europe.
Two Ways to See Morocco from Across the Mediterranean
Nora Ounnas Leroy talks to three Moroccan artists participating in a Montpellier incubator project through the Festival Arabesques.
Vocalist Samira Brahmia Bridges France and Algeria with Love
For her 11th TMR music column, Melissa Chemam interviews the Algerian-French diva Samira Brahmia.
Muslims in the Americas—a review of “Praying to the West”
Francisco Letelier, a non-Muslim, reviews Omar Mouallem's "Praying to the West" from the outside looking in.
After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love
Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection by Jordanian Palestinian American author Laila Halaby.
16 Formidable Lebanese Photographers in an Abbey
Nada Ghosn interviews the curator and Lebanese photographers exhibiting in the Abbey de Jumièges, north of Paris.
Al-Koni’s Tuareg Perspective on Islam’s Conquest of North Africa
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the new Ibrahim al-Koni translation of a story that recounts Islam's conquest of North Africa.