Losing Arabic to Orientalizing Fantasies
As a young student, my favourite part in Arabic class was when my teacher would pause to talk about the historical Souq ‘Okaaz; a massive market which...
March 31st, 2018 
Sanabel AbdelrahmanThe Wind that Moved Obelisks: Cleopatra’s Needle in the Imperial Power Sphere
It is a sunny Saturday afternoon in Central Park. As New Yorkers enjoy the unseasonably favorable late October weather, the oldest inhabitant of the park...
March 28th, 2018 
Miray Cakiroglu‘Antara bin Shaddad: A Beautiful Black Warrior’s Poetic Experience
It is both ancient and very modern to think of the poet as an absent-minded outcast wedded only to their muse. As a result, the ‘real’ life circumstances...
March 24th, 2018 The Desolate Spaces in Naji Al Ali’s Cartoons
Hanthal translates to colocynthis in English, or to the more romantic ‘vine of Sodom.’ The seeds of the hanthal plant, which carry a myriad of medicinal...
March 17th, 2018 National Geographic’s “Race Issue” Examines the Magazines Past & Raises Questions About Its Present
On March 12, 2018, National Geographic magazine launched its “Diversity in America” series with “The Race Issue,” which includes a painful but...
March 17th, 2018 
Marie-Helene Rousseau