Published by The London Magazine

Cover Art, Bribes de Corps by Huguette Caland

We Call to the Eye & the Night is an anthology of love poems by poets of Arab heritage edited by Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck. Although it encompasses old themes, it also reworks them to reflect new realities; a testament to how far the poets have traversed, and how those journeys have formed and informed their writing.

Published by Jadaliyya

They live within Egyptian borders, they carry Egyptian identification cards, some of them even serve in the Egyptian army, but to the majority of Egyptians, the Bedouins of the Sinai Peninsula remain the widely enigmatic “others,” if not exotic creatures of the desert then villainous outlaws of the steppes.

Published by The Journal of Palestine Studies

Taylor & Francis

Given the reality of “Palestine” geographically and politically, the literary space can be powerful in locating and registering an imagined postcolonial Palestinian experience today.

Published by Jadaliyya

Tahani Rached’s latest documentary film, Nafass Tawil (Deep, Long Breath), premiered in September at the American University in Cairo as part of the International Summer Academy’s Aesthetics and Politics: Counter-Narratives, New Publics, and the Role of Dissent in the Arab World.

Published by Jadaliyya

Huda Lutfi is a cultural historian. She is also a visual artist; but if you want to cut through classifications and simplifications, if you want to get to the heart of who she is and what she does, nothing reveals more about this historian turned artist than her home address: Champollion Street, in the heart of Downtown Cairo.

Published by AhramOnline

The world holds its breath in anticipation: in a matter of days, the UN verdict on the Palestinian bid for statehood will be revealed, placing some countries on one side of history, the rest on the other yet again. Amidst an atmosphere filled with hope and speculation.

(Published in the anthology, In the Shoes of the Other: Interdisciplinary Essays in Translation Studies from Cairo by Kutub Khan)

On November 23, 2015, renowned Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, dubbed “The Jon Stewart of Egypt,” hosted the 43rd International Emmy Awards ceremony in New York City. He was the first Arab to ever host the highly anticipated annual event.

Published in Jadaliyya

There is a picture on a wall in a living room that has loomed large over Samia Mehrez’s life, she writes in her new book, Ibrahim Nagui: A Belated Visit (published by Dar El Shorouk). The picture is of poet, Dr. Ibrahim Nagui.[1] “It’s a picture of a man I do not know,” Mehrez tells us, “yet whom I am told is my grandfather.”