Essays & Features

Adonis' Warning to Intellectuals: Western & Arab, by Elie Chalala

The Trumpet of the Intellectual, the Dagger of the Singer, by Abbas Beydoun

Iraqi Violence Demystified, by Shakir Luabi

A Legacy of Ruins: Iraqi Letters and Intellectuals Under Saddam's Regime, by Mahmoud Saeed

The Road to Karbala, by Abbas Beydoun

Constantine Zuraiq: A Rational Outlook on Arab Nationalism, by Mohammed Dakroub

'Imaginary Homelands': Lebanese-American Prose, by Evelyn Shakir

Arab-American Writers Identify with Communities of Color, by Andrea Shalal-Esa

Arts

The Islamic Milieu, by Doris Bittar

The Arab Theater in a Changing World, by Maysoun Ali

Arab Music: History and Practices in Six Volumes, by Emaleah Shackleton

Interviews

'Oneself in Relation to Place': An Interview with Iron Sheik, by Steven Salaita

Narrowing the Gap: A Call for Dialogue with Western Intellectuals, by Pamela Nice

'Daughter of the Foreigner': Balancing a Dual Identity, by Judith Gabriel

Carving out a Niche: A Profile and Interview With the Director of Syracuse University Press, by Susan Muaddi Darraj

Film Reviews

Film Follows Arab Immigrants in the Wake of 9/11, a review of David Van Taylor and Brad Lichtenstein's "Caught in the Crossfire" by Pamela Nice

Film Exposes 'Honor Killings' in Pakistan, a review of Ayfer Ergun's "Against My Will" by Emaleah Shackleton.

Book Reviews

Caskets and Rape: The Prison in Iran's Islamic Republic, a review of Chahla Chafiq's "The New Islamist Man: The Political Prison in Iran" by George Tarabishi

Coming to Grips With Egypt's Population Boom, a review of Kamran Asda Ali's "Planning the Family in Egypt: New Bodies, New Selves" by Faisal Tbeileh

The Symbol and Sound of Women in Sufism, a review of Shemeem Burney Abbas's "The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India" by Simone Fattal

Reading Qur'an With Style, a review of Khadar Salameh's "The Qur'an Manuscripts in the Al-Haram Al-Sharif Islamic Museum, Jerusalem" by Carel Bertram

Modern History, Alternative Paradigm, a review of Amira El-Azhary Sonbol's "The New Mamluks: Egyptian Society and Modern Feudalism" by Mahmood Ibrahim

A Boy's Rite of Passage: Coming of Age in a Saudi Village, a review of Ahmed Abodehman's "The Belt" by Aida Bamia

Macabre Commitment: Linguistics of the Dearly Departed, a review of Mushira Eid's "The World of Obituaries: Gender Across Cultures and Over Time" by Bhakti Shringarpure

Delivering a Memory of Dearborn and Detroit: Debut of a New Arab-American Poet, a review of Hayan Charara's "The Alchemist's Diary" by Nathalie Handal.


Poem

"The Dragon," by Abdul Wahhab al-Bayyati