‘Lebanon was, and always will be schizophrenic’ – A review of Zena El Khalil’s memoir, ‘Beirut, I Love You’, now available in North America

A reflection on the often-controversial Middle Eastern notion of honour, in the context of Turkish author Elif Shafak’s latest novel of the same name

Egyptian photographer Ahmad Hosni’s collection of essays and photographs documenting the transformation of South Sinai into a tourist enclave

A look at the enduring relevance of Simin Daneshvar’s Persian literary masterpiece, published over 40 years ago

Egyptian-American writer Yahia Lababidi discusses poetry, dreams, and the desert in his latest book, The Artist as Mystic

A look at the Orientalist movement, and the allure of the ‘exotic’ East among contemporary Middle Eastern artists

Zalan Khan and his band of storytellers are on a quest to change the way people view a tumultuous and widely misunderstood region