Interviews

Words Behind Bars

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MOHAMMAD ALI ATASSI

It is hard to keep calm in the face of the events that Faraj Bairqadar describes in this interview. Born in 1951 in the city of Homs, he is only the second Syrian political prisoner to speak publicly about his experience, though it is an experience shared by numerous other prisoners.

Eyad Shehab Ahmed on Editing, Documentary Projects

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Rebecca Joubin

Eyad Shehab Ahmad has been a prominent Syrian television drama editor since 1997.

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Syrian Screenplay Writer Najeeb Nseir Speaks On Breaking Taboos in Syrian Drama

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Rebecca Joubin

The bold and courageous scripts of Najeeb Nseir, a leading avant-guarde screenplay writer of Syrian Drama ...

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Dialogue with Sculptor Monkith Saaid Before His Passing

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Bandar Abd al-Hamid

Monkith Saaid (1958-2008) was a distinct presence among Arab sculptors of his generation.

George Tarabishi on his Book, Al Jabberi, and Theory of Rethinking Turath Studies

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Ibrahim Al-Ariss

Helen Karam, on Childhood Inspirations, Her Artistic Quest to Preserve Beirut, and Strong Will to Survive on Her Own Terms

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Rebecca Joubin

Syrian Artist Walid Agha Searches for the Spirit of the Letters’

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Rebecca Joubin

Connecting the Dots: Soueif on Arabesque Festival in D.C., Translating Arab Literature, Arabs as Cultural Producers

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Andrea Shalal-Esa

Jawad al-Assadi: Director Returns to Iraq to Find Nothing the ‘Same,’

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Rebecca Joubin

Poetry Without Borders: Translating Mahmoud Darwish, a Conversation with Fady Joudah

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Doris Bittar

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