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Prologue of “Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab- Jew”
If I had to identify one key factor that shaped my early relationship to Israel society, it would…
A Conversation about “A Long Walk from Gaza”
CN Let’s talk first about the excerpt we have chosen for this special issue of Rowayat, “Connect and…
Invisible in Germany
Written in summer 2018. In remembrance of winter 2012 Far away from home, I walked down a nameless…
“All the Women in My Life,”
a conversation with Tarek El-Ariss about his memoir Water on Fire: A Memoir of War I can see…
Excerpt from Water on Fire
A Memoir of War Sediments My mom lines up her bottles of water on the kitchen counter like…
Finding My Way
I’ve always had a hard time claiming that I’m an artist. When I returned from Paris, after completing…
To Tell The Truth Like Tolstoy
An aspiring writer reflects on lessons from the great Russian novelist I came to Tolstoy when…
“The Women and Memory Forum: An Intellectual Project with an Activist Agenda”
Championing Arab Women’s Voicesــــ A Conversation with Hoda Elsadda For decades, the knowledge produced by Arab women has…
A Good, Solid Name
“There’s a lot in life you can’t protect your kids against,” a friend from Nebraska advised me when…
WOUNDS AS PEEPHOLES
INTRODUCTION from the book Palestine Wail “Damaged people are dangerous; they know they can survive.” That line, from…