Reading Iraq: Our Top 10 List of Iraqi Fiction
A list of must-read Iraqi fiction, from Ahmed Saadawi’s “Frankenstein in Baghdad” to Sinan Antoon’s “The Book of Collateral Damage.”
Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari
An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi’s novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.
“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim
This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani’s novella “Men in the Sun.”
Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak & Jasmine Naziha Jones: Use Your Anger as Fuel
Sparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with both comedy and drama.
Lahib Jaddo—An Iraqi Artist in the Diaspora
Mischa Geracoulis interviews Texas-based multimedia artist Lahib Jaddo on her complex relationship with Iraq.
Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq
Melissa Chemam profiles Iraqi Kurdish musician-composer Hardi Kurda and his projects Space 21 and Archive Khanah: Sounds from Iraq.
Zahra Ali, Pioneer of Feminist Studies on Iraq
Nada Ghosn talks to sociologist Zahra Ali, author of “Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation.”
The Watermelon Boys on Iraq, War, Colonization and Familial Love
Rachel Campbell finds that Ruqaya Izzidien’s debut novel set in Iraq provides counter-narratives to the country’s early 20th-century history.
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr
A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares.
Bedazzled: Iran’s Rebel Feminists at London’s Curve Gallery
Malu Halasa tours the exuberant exhibition from artist Soheila Sokhanvari that celebrates strong Iranian women.
Letters From Tehran: The Girl of Revolution Avenue
In our Letters From Tehran series, Iranians write intimately about daily life in the city following last fall’s Women-Life-Freedom protests.
The End of Innocence in Panah Panahi’s Hit the Road?
Bavand Karim finds that’s Panah Panahi’s feature is a prodigal debut from Iranian cinema’s latest auteur and son of Jafar Panahi.