Essays and Features

Thirteen Hours of Interrogation

Mohammad Ali al-Atassi

The morning of September 18th, Syrian director and film producer Omar Amirlay drove from his home in Damascus to Amman, Jordan. Four months earlier he had begun a daring project to establish the first Arab school of cinema – the Arab Film Institute.

Syrian Author Salma al-Haffar Kuzbari Remembered for Work on Mai Ziadeh and Advocacy of Women's Rights

Joseph Mouallem

Playing Politics with Art

Al Jadid Staff

Controversial Image of Lebanon War Wins Photo Prize

Mohammad Ali al-Atassi

Mideast Political Paradoxes Put to Words and Music--Bahraini Democracy Threatened by Majnun Laila’s Musical

Kelly O’Brien

Arabs Making Their Mark in Latin America: Generations of Immigrants in Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico

Habeeb Salloum

Schehadeh and Gibran: An Unusual Encounter

Etel Adnan

A Father to the Point of Tears

Faraj Bayrakdar

Naguib Mahfouz the Pyramid

Alawiyya Sobh

The Characters of Naguib Mahfouz Evolve Alongside Their Creator

Mohammed Dakroub

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