Art + Culture

Large, dark-blue, prisoner transport vans are an everyday sight in Egypt. I remember walking with family in Alexandria last year when one of these vans passed...

Shams Tabriz, a 13th century Persian mystic and thinker, wrote the biography of his contemporary and fellow mystic, Jalal al-Din Rumi. In it, Rumi is quoted as...

On January 31, 2017, Morocco re-entered the African Union (AU) after a 33 year absence. “It is so good to be back home, after having been away for too...

Muftah is putting together a Special Collection that looks at the intersection between popular culture and politics in the Middle East and North Africa in the...

After hearing that Jack Shaheen had passed away last week, I began reflecting on when I was first drawn to his work as a high school student. At the time, my...