Sophie Kazan reviews a new book on the late Nabil Kanso, the Lebanese pacifist artist whose work depicted the horrors of war.
02 AUGUST 2024 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
The Bīylmawn festival has recently made a comeback but not everyone is pleased with the highly stylized and artistically reimagined carnival.
12 JULY 2024 • By Brahim El Guabli
The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed by oil.
05 JULY 2024 • By Ahmed Naji
Jasmin Attia's novel vividly portrays Egypt and Cairo by beautifully conjuring music and sound through descriptive prose.
28 JUNE 2024 • By Tala Jarjour
A community theatre company working in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine empowers women who often are not professional actors.
21 JUNE 2024 • By Victoria Lupton
Farah-Silvana Kanan questions whether, in this novel, the Franco-Lebanese master is at the height of his powers, or is having us on...
14 JUNE 2024 • By Farah-Silvana Kanaan
Continuously displaced Palestinians redefine "home" in Osama Kahlout’s surprising photographs from the war on Gaza.
31 MAY 2024 • By Nadine Aranki
An entire family is preoccupied with its history and questions of national identity, confounded by France’s rejection of the pieds-noirs.
31 MAY 2024 • By Katherine A. Powers
A major exhibition at Mimosa House aims to address pressing and unresolved issues faced by women, queer, and trans people across the world.
24 MAY 2024 • By Fari Bradley
Empathy requires knowledge and collective action to avoid blindly following the crowds, writes Nancy Kricorian.
24 MAY 2024 • By Nancy Kricorian
In her latest essay, writer Jenine Abboushi reminds us that the ethnic cleansing and destruction of Palestinian society did not begin on October 7th.
17 MAY 2024 • By Jenine Abboushi
From sound and installation to sculpture & photography, art and a history of violence collide in Rushdi Anwar’s new show.
10 MAY 2024 • By Malu Halasa
