Weekly

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 Lina Mounzer

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

Ali Cherri’s Marseille show, on view until January 4, 2026, deconstructs the museum from the inside out.

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Naima Morelli

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

A look at Ziad Rahbani's life and legacy, and the man who first introduced him to the jazz sound that transformed Lebanon's musical landscape.

08 AUGUST 2025 • By Diran Mardirian

A conversation with Mohammad Kassem, co-curator of the Kuwait Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.

01 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie

A writer in Gaza reports on the consequences of Israel's blocking humanitarian aid and medicines from entering the besieged territory.

01 AUGUST 2025 • By Asem Al Jerjawi