Five unconventional portrayals of motherhood in Arabic novels

Mothers in literature have typically been saintly figures, yet the truth can be quite different. Finally, literature is catching up with reality in its portrayal of mothers, as seen in these books.

Ibrahim Adel

Fighting For More Representation

It was around this time seven years ago that Gina Rodriguez was deemed the “It” girl out of the Sundance Film Festival with her role as a struggling East L.A. rapper in the hip-hop drama “Filly…

Yvonne Villarreal

Melancholia ad Aegyptum

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Iason Athanasiadis

Turkey’s Bid for Religious Leadership

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Gonul Tol

How a World Order Ends

Astable world order is a rare thing. When one does arise, it tends to come after a great convulsion that creates both the conditions and the desire for something new. It requires a stable…

Richard Haass

When Empires End

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Maya Jasanoff