Publications
In this essay, I take readers through the various manifestations of isolation as seen in Lebanese literature, and more specifically via two extraordinary texts by two Lebanese-American authors, Rabih Alameddine’s An Unnecessary Woman and Etel Adnan’s Sitt Marie Rose. Published in Asymptote Journal.
Link.
In this piece, I focused on three Arabic novels and the way they engage their queer characters. It’s an analysis of the personal as the political. Published in Asymptote Journal.
Link.
My review of Mati Diop’s Atlantics. Set in Dakar, Senegal, the film addresses labor, migration, and unequal urban development. But with a supernatural twist! Sidestepping cliches, Diop chooses to take her film into otherworldly and ghostly dimensions. Published in The Times Literary Supplement.
Link.
A short story I wrote that narrates early childhood, psychoanalysis, and migration. Published in Divine Zine.
An Interview with Sido Lansari, artist & former Director of Cinémathèque de Tanger. In it, we discuss independent Arab cinema, nostalgia and embroidery. Published in Bomb Magazine.
In this review, I write about the El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale retrospective held at Mathaf Museum in Doha, Qatar. Published in Hyperallergic.
In this essay, I review the Sindibad El Ward album of West-bank based musical duo Shabjdeed and Al Nather. In it, I analyze their lyrical use of urban Arabic, sartorial politics and the geographies they critique. Published in Jadaliyya.
In this essay, I go through the literature of the North African author Ibrahim Al-Koni— his writings celeberate and narrate the Sahara Desert and its uncanny experiences. Published in Asymptote Journal.
A review I wrote of Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies, which was awarded the Man Booker International Prize. Published with Asymptote Journal.
My latest book review of scholar Judith Naeff’s book, Precarious Imaginaries of Beirut: A City’s Suspended Now. Published in Hyperallergic.
