Mar 18, 2024 | Books & Literature
By Mufaro Dube | Staff Writer Years ago, I came across this quote by Mark Twain, “A classic is something that everybody wants to have read, and nobody wants to read.” It rang true for my case and wasn’t bound to change until Valentine’s Day celebrations two weeks ago....
Mar 18, 2024 | Books & Literature
By Aya Khalaf | Staff Writer “Okay, but what is this book’s trope?” is the first question that pops in our heads today when looking into book recommendations. It is the kind of question that would probably make Jane Austen turn in her grave. Do not get me wrong, being...
Mar 3, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured
محمد قري | محرّر هذه اللحظة التي أدور فيها حولك هي لي النديم والخمر والكأس والدَّور في هذه اللحظة التي يتجلَّى فيها جمالك روحي في ذهول، كموسى بن عمران. عندما نفكر في التصوف أو الصوفيين، تخطر على بالنا أفكار الميستيكية والروحانية. من هم الصوفيون وما هو التصوف؟ غالبًا...
Feb 26, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured
By Alissar Izrafeel | Staff Writer I am honored to have had a discussion with Suha Naimy, Mikhail Naimy’s granddaughter. The article is an appreciation to Suha Naimy and a tribute to Mikhail Naimy, who is one of the most prominent figures in modern Arabic literature....
Feb 22, 2024 | Books & Literature, Featured
By Daniella Razzouk | Staff Writer Trying to find Lebanese fiction that was both interesting and entertaining, was a struggle that followed me in my teenage years. I loved to read, and I was starved for proper representation, but I always found it so difficult to...
Feb 21, 2024 | Books & Literature
Crema, Northern Italy. Although written in 2007, “Call Me By Your Name” only gained popularity 10 years later when it was produced as a movie. The book, however, holds a level of beauty, rawness, and disturbance that can only be caused by language. It is those...
