Book Review
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Tips & Resources
For Kids: A Summer of Arabic Podcasts, Readings and Online Activities
Parents in search of activities for children cooped up at home this summer can find a growing number of books,…
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Tips & Resources
Thrills and Fantasies: Lighter Reading for a Summer of Disruption
Here’s a recommended reading list of lighter works to take your mind off Covid-19. Many are inspired by the broad…
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Tips & Resources
Recommended Reading, 2019: Books From and About the Arab World
A sampling of works published, translated or honored in the past year illustrates the diversity of writing by Arab authors.
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Opinion
2 Books Explore the Tricky Issue of Reform in Arab Higher Education
In a pair of recently edited volumes, experts gauge the current status of higher education and call for improvements.
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Opinion
Hard Lessons: North African Writers on Education
Books by authors from the Maghreb show a generational shift in views on the school systems they experienced.
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Opinion
How Universities Help Nations Rebuild After War
Using case studies from around the world, a new book highlights the contributions of higher education to post-conflict recovery efforts.
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Opinion
Graphic Novel Bears Witness To ‘The Jungle’
At the notorious French refugee camp, a cartoonist brings an unusual perspective to her experience as a volunteer.
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Opinion
Listening to the Voices of Syrians, Unadulterated
An American professor documents the stories of Syrians before and after the revolution, allowing them to speak for themselves.
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Opinion
A Journalist’s View of Europe’s Refugee Crisis
A book by The Guardian’s former migration correspondent tells the personal stories of people forced into exile in Europe by…
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Opinion
Insights From the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
“City of Thorns,” a book about the refugee camp Dadaab, in Kenya, portrays conditions that mirror those in Arab refugee…
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