arts, culture & society
Feature 1
The divas of the arab world
Feature 2
food politics in palestine
Feature 3
once upon a time Beirut International Airport
FURTHER READING
At the thessaloniki book fair where southeast meets west (pdf in FR), Livres hebdo, 2025
Andrée Blouin, the forgotten icon of Africa’s anti-colonial mouvement, the africa report, 2025
at the macondo literary festival in nairobi, the africa report, 2024
fadi kattan on his new book, Bethlehem, and Palestinian terroir, conde nast traveller, 2024
What was macron thinking? Zocalo public square, 2024
A new biography of Frantz fanon whose writings seem more relevant than ever, the africa report, 2024
The destruction of past and present in Gaza, new Lines, 2024
Great kingdoms of africa, new interpretations of a rich african past, the africa report, 2024
writers and their relationship to language, new lines, 2023
On the importance of books, reading, and writing in prisons, new lines, 2023
A new library in Barcelona holds a latin American literature festival, publishing perspectives, 2022
Amid the cacophony of French elections, Alice Diop offers an alternative vision in ‘Nous’, new lines magazine, 2022
LIttle amal walks for refugees, new lines Magazine 2021
Dictators, nationalism and archeology, new lines magazine, 2021
Another lockdown but parisians demand bookstores stay open, the boston globe, 2021
Letter from Paris one year later, zocalo public square, 2021
A walk around belleville under lockdown, the guardian, 2020
Letter from Paris, where the future is now, zocalo public square, 2020
'Baghdad Central': at last, a Western TV show that portrays the Arab world from a local point of view, the national, 2020
Getting into race in france, popula, 2019
Capturing the flavour of iraq in a new graphic novel, the national 2019
three lebanese authors on events rocking their country, publishing perspectives, 2019
The magazine explaining America to the french, lithub 2019
birds of a feather: London’s parakeets, the national, 2019
Mohammed El-Gharani, one of Guantanamo Bay’s youngest prisoners, the national, 2019
INside the cultural foundation set up for emily nasrallah, the national, 2019
Shirley Jackson’s grandson miles hyman, author & illustrator (pdf) bookwitty, 2017
Haifaa Al-Mansour on directing mary shelley (pdf) Bookwitty, 2017
mohammad Sabaaneh: Political Cartoons from Palestine (pdf) bookwitty, 2017
Why Paris’s first festival of Arab Photography is so Important, CNN, 2016
photomed festival 2015 focuses on spain, cnn, 2015
glamor and romance on rails: the orient express, cnn 2014
Postcard from the Christian community in East Jerusalem, Mondoweiss, 2014
A Photographic Feast in the South of France,The New York Times, 2013
1920s Egyptian Movie Palace Reopens in Paris, The New York Times, 2013
In Berlin, Walls on the Wall, the new york times, 2013
Pointed Pens, cartooning for peace, The New York Times, 2012
Is it time to consign role of First Spouse to history? CNN, 2012
Want to Immigrate to France? Better Know Slam Poetry. the new york times, 2012
The Poster that illustrates Syria’s Anger, The Guardian, 2012
Warm and fuzzy in the West Bank, HAARetz, 2011
vintage arab classics find a home, rolling stone, 2011
A London Chef Looks to a Different East, the new york times, 2010
France: Hijab And the City, PRI, 2010
Nearly 50 years on, Hanthala speaks to the world in English, The Daily Star Lebanon, 2009
open shutters iraq, the daily star lebanon, 2009
Aiming the lens at Iran's darkest corners, The Daily Star Lebanon, 2008
assilah is a hub for arts and culture, the daily star lebanon, 2005
the joubran brothers head for carnegie hall, the daily star lebanon, 2005
vogue hommes shines a spotlight on the middle east, the daily star lebanon, 2003
Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Ella Maillart: journeying through Afghanistan, the guardian, 2001