Palestinian poet and physician Amer Badran explores why solidarity feels elusive everywhere except on the pitch Every World Cup, millions of Arabs rally behind national teams that are not their...
A fragrant flower worn at weddings, sold in city streets, and celebrated in song is becoming another casualty of Yemen’s overlapping crises. Across Yemen, Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is more...
Arab women in the diaspora discover new freedoms after fifty, liberated from the cultural constraints of their homelands and empowered to reinvent themselves on their own terms In this article...
Living and dying with lions (and tigers) on the Nile On April 2, Egyptian father Ibrahim Abdel Fattah, dressed in his worn-out jilbab, stood next to a representative of the...
An Iraqi perspective on the newest fad in laser hair removal The beauty industry is enormous and incredibly popular in the Middle East. When I lived in Beirut – writes our Contributing...
An exploration of how Cairo’s transformation into a real estate venture is reshaping its urban and social fabric. Cairo embodies a striking dichotomy, where the past and present intertwine in...
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