Iran attempts to woo a weary populace with exhibitions, billboards, and even promises that past transgressions can be forgotten and forgiven.
12 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By RAHA NIK-ANDISH
The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot be silenced.
12 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER
New SWANA films respond to genocide and starvation while urging viewers to act beyond passive consumption of the big screen.
12 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By YASSIN EL-MOUDDEN
Maps are narratives of the past, present, and future, powerful chronicles of presence and absence, ownership and theft, truth and lies.
29 AUGUST, 2025 • By MAI AL-NAKIB
Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, concerts and several new recommended books for September to add to your reading list.
29 AUGUST, 2025 • By TMR
The new feature from the Nasser brothers takes place in the context of Gaza's siege, but well before the present-day genocide.
29 AUGUST, 2025 • By KARIM GOURY
Palestinian embroidery is dynamic, and artists, designers, and makers are constantly finding new ways to innovate and reinterpret it.
22 AUGUST, 2025 • By JOANNA BARAKAT
How do you practice self-acceptance the next time your mother admonishes you over a cookie or your body in general?
22 AUGUST, 2025 • By SOUSEH
Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's tongue?
15 AUGUST, 2025 • By GEORGINA VAN WELIE
Shady Lewis' new novel skewers British bureaucracy while exploring the immigrant experience with black humor and surreal situations.
15 AUGUST, 2025 • By VALERIA BERGHINZ
The long history of Egyptian women's activism created the intellectual and political background for revolution.
08 AUGUST, 2025 • By JASMIN ATTIA
A novel that explores taboo subjects with exceptional craftsmanship, while reconstructing the “self” from pain and fragmented identities.
08 AUGUST, 2025 • By AHMED NAJI
