Last week was a flood of bad news online, beginning with the ongoing confusion surrounding the crash of a Russian jet in the Sinai peninsula, and ending with two terrorists attacks. That’s right: two. One…Continue Reading
Tag: Arab world
5 Rules for Reading Gender in Arab Pop Fiction
As many of you know, I am a professor of literature and writing. Last week the fall term began with exciting new developments: I am teaching a new course, called Gender in Popular Arab Fiction.…Continue Reading
How to Help Gaza in 1 Easy Step
The news is rife with atrocities in Syria, Iraq, and Palestine, among other places. We clamor against death tolls and rightly so. But the public can grow weary of these images, preferring to turn back…Continue Reading