A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle That Shaped the Middle East The history of British and French intervention in the modern Middle East makes a pretty […]
Arts and Culture
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Intelligent, unpredictable, occasionally ruthless, Jumblatt shows that he is still very much in the game. The hills along the coastal road south from Beirut are blemished by ugly highrises and […]
There’s nothing like watching the summer sunset with a glass of jellab There’s nothing like watching the summer sunset with a glass of jellab. Maya squints as the sun descends to […]
It’s Easier to Reach Heaven than the End of the Street Emma Williams Bloomsbu Emma Williams, a doctor and mother of four, arrived in Jerusalem in 2000, shortly before the […]
Assassinating Shakespeare: confessions of a bard in the bush Thomas Goltz Saq Twenty-eight years ago, the war journalist Thomas Goltz travelled around Africa with no money and the complete works […]
Mark Allen’s book on Arab culture presents a knowledgeable picture of the Middle East Based on more than 30 years’ Foreign Service experience, Mark Allen’s book presents a knowledgeable picture […]
Lana Asfour finds that Jackie Kay’s heroines are, to say the least, unlucky in love in her latest collection of short stories, Wish I Was Here Jackie Kay’s latest collection […]
The Dream Life of Sukhanov As Russia uneasily comes to terms with the end of the cold war, Olga Grushin’s first novel deals with the lives of those affected by […]
The PrinceHushang Golshiri, trans. James Buchan The degenerate life of Ehtejab, last of the Persian Qajar princes, lies fragmented in the pages of The Prince, a welcome new translation of Hushang […]