Essays and Features
‘Sexuality in the Arab World’: Book Attempts to Shed Multi-Faceted Light on Subject Long in the Shadows
Forthcoming in Al Jadid
“Sexuality in the Arab World” has fascinated many Western scholars, though not as many Arabs, mainly for political and cultural reasons. Edited by Samir Khalaf and John Gagnon, this book first appeared in English in 2005 and then was published in Arabic by Dar al-Saqi in 2015, translated by Osama Manzalji. Novelist and critic Mahmoud Houjeiri has reviewed this book in Arabic, a review that offers an Arab perspective which is worthy of sharing and translating.
Late Entry Winner for Arabic Booker Award Prompts Renewed Outcry For Judging Reform
Forthcoming in Al Jadid, Vol. 23, No. 76, 2019
Prolific in Exile: An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Ali al-Shawk
Forthcoming in Al Jadid
Egyptian Novelist Alaa al-Aswany’s Career: A Study in Irony That Outdoes Any Novel!
Forthcoming in Al Jadid, Vol. 23, No. 76, 2019
New Book on Adonis: A ‘Rehabilitation’ Biography?
New Book Places Famed 20th Century Lebanese Beauty and Unappreciated Intellectual May Ziadeh at Center of Controversy Now as Then
Forthcoming in Al Jadid
The War Produced More than 50 Novels: Experience and Expression of Conflict Creates Crossroads Moment in Syrian Literature
Forthcoming in Al Jadid, Vol. 23, No. 76, 2019