Winner of the 2025 Azhar Writing Prize — A foreign correspondent confronts devastation and violence before crossing a line of no return.
26 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Hussain A. Ayoub
A woman living in the capital of the United States during fascism and genocide nonetheless yearns for a progressive partner.
26 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Souseh
“Diba’s House” is a fictional retelling of events in Wadi Salib in Palestine and won Second Place in the 2025 Azhar Writing Prize.
26 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Sara Masry
At Brian Eno’s concert, 150 artists and 12,500 attendees raised funds for Gaza and called for sanctions against Israel.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By TMR
Six years after the Hirak mass protest movement in Algeria in 2019, an atmosphere of fear and silence continues to loom over the country.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Ilhem Rachidi
A new book examines the history of colonization and the ongoing parallels between the conflicts in Artsakh and the Gaza Strip.
19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
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
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
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
