Country: Syria

Emad Aysha20/05/2023

From the Dark to the Dark: Asmaa El-Yamany’s time-travel novel brings a hopeless present to a predatory past

Previously I wrote a review of Asmaa el-Yamany’s novel Ashmadie. But the first novel of […]
The Liberum17/05/2023

Hezbollah’s decadent history of organised crime

People no longer fall prey to the false claims made by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah […]
Marita Kassis09/05/2023

The Distinguished Arab Strategy of Political Identity

Long used as a theory to denominate communal differences and bring together isolated minorities and […]
The Liberum10/04/2023

An Egyptian SF city – Meet the mighty ‘morphine’ power dangers

I just finished what I presume is an SF novel, Morphius City (2018), by Muhammad […]
Marco Mattiussi08/04/2023

The Prophet’s 100th birthday will be celebrated in New York

An exceptional year for Kahlil Gibran fans. This year the legendary Lebanese writer and poet […]
Hiba Kilany06/04/2023

When home does not feel like home anymore

My first trip back to Beirut after four long years of abstinence: banks’ bankruptcy, the […]
Glen Kalem-Habib02/03/2023

The birth of the Prophet & Kahlil Gibran's Lebanon and Syria: two new books by Dalton Hilu Einhorn

The year 2023 provides a unique opportunity to celebrate Kahlil Gibran’s beloved masterpiece, The Prophet:  this […]
The Liberum08/02/2023

Bhutan pursues Gross National Happiness instead of a Gross Domestic Product

As the clock approaches midnight on New Year’s Eve, I won’t be found at a […]
Glen Kalem-Habib31/01/2023

EXCLUSIVE | Why I wrote 'Jesus the Son of Man': a little-known interview with Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran wrote his longest book, Jesus the Son of Man: His Words and His […]
Emad Aysha14/12/2022

A dialogue on 21st-century Arabic and Iranian science fiction

“(O Prophet), good and evil are not equal. Repel (evil) with that which is good, […]
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