In her column, Amal Ghandour ruminates on Lebanese poet Nadia Tueni and the director who filmed her, Maroun Baghdadi.
05 DECEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
In this prize-winning documentary from Iran, resistance is not a single victory, but a long and grueling journey.
28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
Through her photos, Silva reveals the extent of the violence dealt by deep, historic fractures in Palestinian land.
28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
Omar Zahzah demonstrates how Big Tech and social media platforms threaten freedoms and promote violent interests.
28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Maura Finkelstein
Ten years after her death, the legacy of Moroccan sociologist, feminist, and postcolonial thinker Fatima Mernissi is alive.
21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Claudia Mende
In her biweekly column, Amal Ghandour calls out the failures of the Lebanese state and its complacent citizens.
21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Between old friends with widely divergent destinies, how does one break up, and when is the right time to end the relationship?
21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
An interview with former prisoner and Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak, on the eve of the Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Öykü Tekten
Amidst a society in turmoil, and the city's mayor in jail, the 18th Istanbul Biennial resonates with the disquiet in the land.
14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Nat Muller
Kurdish writer Agri Ismaïl’s debut novel is nothing short of a literary miracle, suggests reviewer Aryan Omar Hassan.
14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Aryan Omar Hassan
A new book highlights how Kurdish female and non-binary writers challenge norms and push boundaries.
14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Matt Broomfield
Thinking about icons past and present, Amal Ghandour remembers Egypt's "Star of the East" on the 50th anniversary of her death.
07 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
