Saleem Haddad @sysh

Illustration by Eman Wasef for Muftah Writing is often a means of making a home wherever we find ourselves. Muftah explores this theme in “A Home in the...

“Misery is what you get for not dying—misery but some good stuff too.” This line appears in a diary entry written by Jacob, the protagonist in Rabih...

Publishing on March 8, Guapa, a debut novel from Saleem Haddad, dives into the life of Rasa, a twenty-something-year-old gay man living in an unnamed Arab...

In an increasingly interconnected world, with technology and media making knowledge of other peoples and places accessible at the click of a button, it...

Dear Readers, From ISIS to Sisi, masculinity in the Arab world is being performed and negotiated in a number of ways. But what does it mean to be a man in...

The wave of protests that began in Tunisia in December 2010 has often produced lazy and ahistorical debates about the region. These discussions often reduce...

The role of women in Yemen’s Arab Spring has shocked international observers. In a country where the cultural, political, and economic gaps between men and...

Today millions of Yemenis braved security threats to vote in Yemen’s one-man Presidential election. The one and only candidate for the position was Vice...

For many Arabs, 2011 has been spent peacefully resisting police brutality, or watching events unfold through Twitter streams and grainy YouTube footage. As...

In an attempt to move beyond the current political stalemate and end the thirty-year rule of  Yemen's President Saleh, last week, the Civic Coalition for the...

Part II: International Actors & Transnational Agendas* As the crisis in Yemen continues, recent events have created the chance for a new more legitimate...

Part I: Internal Dynamics and the New Political Settlements* As recent fighting intensified between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and those...

The recent protests by economically and politically disenfranchised youth in Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria provide a chilling warning about the potential...

The recent popular uprisings in Tunisia have sparked debate about the potential influence these events may have on other countries in the region. Will people...

In September of this year, King Abdullah of Jordan appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart to discuss the latest round of peace talks between Israel and...

A few years ago, a Chinese engineer was kidnapped as he drove along the main road linking Yemen’s two major cities, Sana’a and Aden. After some...

The Iraq war has had devastating effects not only upon the country itself, but also upon neighboring states. Inside Iraq, the U.S. invasion catapulted the...

The poorest country in the Middle East, Yemen is facing an ongoing war in the North, a secessionist movement in the South, piracy attacks on its coast, and a...