Fairouz is the Voice of Lebanon, Symbol of Hope in a Weary Land
For April's column, music critic Melissa Chemam looks longingly at the legend of Lebanon's diva.
For April's column, music critic Melissa Chemam looks longingly at the legend of Lebanon's diva.
Laila Halaby on the new novel from Lebanon's multilingual feminist poet and powerhouse.
Saliha Haddad reviews the third novel in English translation by Egyptian writer Hamdi Abu Golayyel.
Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.
Karén Jallatyan reviews the book of Beirut's Armenian community with photography by Ara Oshagan and an essay by Krikor Beledian.
Sherine Elbanhawy finds that Mohamed Metwalli’s newly-translated poetry collection is the perfect form of escapism.
Melissa Chemam is swept away by an Iraqi American artist's latest exhibit at Mosaic Rooms in London.
A new film depicts the treachery of being Palestinian living under the Israeli Occupation Forces in Bethlehem.
Two Jewish activists decry hypocrisy when it comes to condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine but not Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
Sarah Ben Hamadi reviews a new Tunisian feature film that weighs the successes and failures of the revolution.
Guest columnist Maha Tourbah considers the advent of the Spring Equinox, Zoroastrian Nowruz and hopes for peace.
Our music columnist Melissa Chemam, disturbed by the war in Ukraine, makes the link between Odesa and Beirut via DJ Sama' Abdulhadi.
Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?
Observing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a Lebanese American journalist in London, married to a Syrian refugee, finds the racist double standard on refugees unsettling.
Women's rights activist Maryam Zar reviews the memoir by a valiant survivor of ISIS who won the Nobel Peace Prize for speaking out on her experience.