A new book on Syria zeroes in on the impact of absence

In a world weighed down by oppression and injustice, Fawwaz Haddad's rich new character-driven novel chronicles the fate of a homeland ensnared by the corrupt Ba'athist regime

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush

Whirling Away Stereotypes

The sounds of music were loud in a dinner hall inside one of the floating restaurants in Cairo’s upscaleneighbourhoodofMaadi. Outside the hall,HanaaMoustafa, 35, was preparing to enter and perform…

Menna A. Farouk

A Vintage Phone

‘All that you left behind’ is what this compilation of short stories is about. A brief history of the intangible heritage of Cairo, the city that conquers all. Born in 1958, writer…

Amira el Noshokaty

2020 Changed What TV is For

“When television is good, nothing—not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers—nothing is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse.” Nearly 60 years ago, the FCC chairNewton…

Megan Garber