15 December, 2020
Intimate but Distant
Mina Gorji, Art of Escape. Shortlisted in the Oxonian Review Summer Book Competition
Category: The Middle East
16 March, 2015
An Interview with Jenny Lewis
Kristin Grogan speaks to the poet about writing, war, and the Epic of Gilgamesh
24 November, 2014
Introduce a Little Anarchy
Manoharan considers the limits of the moral superiority of anarchism in the latest collection of Chomsky's essays.
13 October, 2014
Words, Stones and Poetry
A Bird Is Not A Stone is simultaneously a testament to the power of poetry and the resolute and ongoing cultural production of Palestinian poets across the world.
3 February, 2014
By What Alchemy? Testimonies from the Arab Risings
Personal testimonies of the Arab Spring are an antidote to cynicism and resignation in the Western view of the risings, writes Peter Hill.
23 December, 2013
A Canvas for Popular Dissent: Zahra’s Paradise
The comic form lends itself to political commentary and resistance, and has been taken up to great effect by protestors in Iran, writes Charlotta Salmi.
Joe Sacco: Representing Palestine
Joe Sacco's journalistic project to give a voice to the unheard self-consciously navigates the politics, and problems, of representation.
27 May, 2013
Mores and Moralities
Shereen El Feki offers a bold, wide-ranging, and even-handed analysis of sex, politics and religion in the Arab world.
16 January, 2012
The Drama of Arab History
Margaret Litvin's Hamlet's Arab Journey examines the staging of Hamlet in the Middle East.
