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Mona Takieddine Amyuni on Andrée
Chedid's 'Wounded Beirut'
Elie Chalala Remembers Hanna Batatu's Contributions,
Profound Humility
Mahmoud Saeed Remembers Hani Rahib and
Abou Ali Yassine's Courageous Portrayal of Arab World in Crisis
Haidar Haidar's Novel Ignites Political Protest by Judith
Gabriel
Amal al-Juburi
Offers Personal Vision on Poetry
'Clouds,' a Poem by Unsi al-Haj
BOOK REVIEWS
Pamela Nice on Michael Suleiman's Arabs
In America Christopher McCabe on Tahir
Wattar's The Earthquake Faisal Tbeileh
on Adnan Abu-Odeh's Jordanians and Palestinians and Marc Lynch's
State Interests and Public Spheres Lisa
Suhair Majaj on Elmaz Abi Nader's In The Country of My Dreams
Quentin Wiktorowicz on Tilman Nagel's The
History of Islamic Theology Fayez Hammad
on Laurie Brand's Women, The State and Political Liberalization
BOOKS IN BRIEF
'The Honey,' 'Iraq Under Siege,' and
'Secrets of Healthy Middle Eastern Cuisine'
FILMS
'Closed Doors,' 'Civilized People,' and 'Around the Pink House,'
Reviewed by Kim Jensen
VIDEOS
Sondra Hale on Edward Said's 'In Search
of Palestine'
EXHIBITIONS
Simone Fattal
On Coptic Art and Life in Icons and Monasteries
Issue 31 Contents
Newly Posted:
Publishing in the West: Problems
and Prospects for Arab Women Writers by Amal Amireh
Between Heaven & Hell: Contemporary
Art from the Middle Eastern Diaspora, by Neery Melkonian
Remembering Farid al-Atrash: A Contender
in the Age of Giants, by Sami Asmar
Ghali Shukri: Journalist, Author,
Critic, Leaves Legacy of Cultural Influence, by Elie Chalala
"Woman at Point Zero": A Bid for
Survival, a Review of Ghada Samman's 'Beirut Nightmares', by Mona
Fayad
Many Causes Underlie Assassinations
of Algerian Journalists and Intellectuals, by Elie Chalala
