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CYPRUS MAIL

Sofia, the last guardian of a quiet mountain corner   For 80 years, a single woman lived in a remote inn high up in the Troodos mountains. Her parents passed away, her siblings left for the city, a...

DIALOGOS

Σοφία: Ο Τελευταίος Φύλακας του Σταθμού Μόζορα Το βιβλίο της Falak Shawwa «Σοφία» διηγείται την ιστορία του γνωστού Σταθμού Μόζορα κοντά στον Κάτω Αμίαντο, μέσα από φωτογραφίες δικές της αλλά και π...

POLITIS

Σοφία: Ο Τελευταίος Φύλακας του Σταθμού Μόζορα Το βιβλίο της Falak Shawwa «Σοφία» διηγείται την ιστορία του γνωστού Σταθμού Μόζορα κοντά στον Κάτω Αμίαντο, μέσα από φωτογραφίες δικές της αλλά και π...

PURPLE

Photographer Falak Shawwa publishes “Sofia-The last guardian of the Mozoras station”   “Sofia-The last guardian of the Mozoras station” is a recently-released book by Cyprus-based photographer Fala...

IN-CYPRUS

Photographer Falak Shawwa publishes Sofia-The last guardian of the Mozoras station “Sofia-The last guardian of the Mozoras station” is a recently-released book by Cyprus-based photographer Falak Sh...

Aramco World

“Before starting to write about food and traditions of Gaza, my home, I had a mixture of feelings: happiness, nostalgia, and laughter; yet also deep sadness.”  — A Taste of Gaza To write about foo...

TWiP Books of the Month

As we traveled back through memory lane – to when our grandparents and parents consumed locally grown, fresh products or preserved homemade ingredients to use during different seasons – we decided ...

TWiP Book of the Month

In the author’s own words: This book began as a simple cookbook with recipes I wished to share with my friends, my family, and, most importantly, my children in order to honor our heritage and ...

TWiP Book of the Month

Lima Shawa cites recipes for Gaza specialties as well as for dishes cooked and consumed by Palestinians outside Gaza and Arabs elsewhere. She describes Gaza through its weddings, Ramadan observance...

The Zay

Threads of Identity – Widad Kamel Kawar As the title suggests, this is a book about identity. It is filled with personal stories, anecdotes, history and textiles. The images in the book reflect tha...

MEMO Review

Growing up, taking a zeit and za’atar sandwich to school for lunch was not cool, nor was my humous and falafel sandwich. The delicious food my grandmothers, mother and aunts made wasn’t something I...

THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE

Before Israel’s 1948 war of establishment, Gaza was a gateway to the Levant for both armies and civilians travelling northwards from Egypt and a crossroads for those turning eastwards toward the Ar...

THE GULF TODAY

Food for Thought Coffee is just one of the gifts the Arabs have given to the world. Cultivated and consumed in Yemen in the 15th century, the beverage gave birth to coffee houses where patrons met,...

SCENE ARABIA

I Read, I Write: The Photo Series Documenting Women's Journeys with Education in MENA The series, which has taken her around a flurry of Arab nations including Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, and Tunisia,...

LENS CULTURE

  Born from her own experience, Laura Boushnak’s epic long term project celebrates the stories of women across Arab countries whose lives have been transformed by education. Interview by Eefje Ludw...

ARAMCO WORLD

The expression “Art is in the eyes of the beholder” certainly applies to the calligraphy and colorfully patterned art adorning the Middle Eastern cargo trucks photographed for this slim volume. Mah...

COLLECTOR DAILY

Laura Boushnak, I Read I Write JTF (just the facts): Published in  2019 by Rimal Books (here). Hardcover, 180 pages, with 75 color photographs. Includes a foreword by Hanan Al Shaykh, an introduct...

ALJARIDA

فلك الشوا رصدت الشعارات المكتوبة على الشاحنات في لبنان بدأت بـ «المحروسة» وانتهت بـ «سيري فعين الله ترعاك» اختارت الكاتبة المبدعة فلك الشوا عنوان "محروسة" لكتابها الصادر حديثاً عن دار رمال من قبرص...

THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE

BOOK OF THE MONTH - March 2020 It is shocking that in the twenty-first century, women in the Arab world still struggle to learn how to read and write, basic skills central to life all over the worl...

RASEEF 22

"نفسي أتعلم عشان المواصلات.. لأني بتوه": كُتبت هذه الأمنية بخط يد غير متقن، بواسطة سناء محمد سيد، الشابة المصرية التي كانت بعمر 31 عاماً حين التقت بها المصورة والكاتبة الفلسطينية لورا بشناق، عام 20...

THE NATIONAL

How photographer Laura Boushnak is celebrating Arab women challenging norms Palestinian photographer Laura Boushnak captures Arab women who are overcoming barriers to education   “I got an educatio...

RASEEF 22

Children Wondering About a Lost Homeland Nabil El Arini, a writer of children's literature and Palestinian folk tales, created a story collection based on stories told by Grandmothers called “Sitt...

RASEEF 22

"يخزي العين - الحسود لا يسود": تمائم الحظ لغة الكميون صدر حديثاً عن دار رمال القبرصيّة، للمنشورات العربيّة، كتاب "محروسة". كتاب كرتوني، كبير نسبياً، بقياس 25 × 25 يجمع بمهنيّةٍ مبدعةٍ الشعبيَّ م...

THIS WEEK IN PALESTINE

Book of the Month The Arab Architectural Renaissance in the Western Part of Occupied Jerusalem   Three years of field study and literature review have culminated in The Arab Architectural Renaissan...

THE NATIONAL

On a journey to track down the artist responsible for Lebanon's truck art   Photographer Falak Shawwa spent four years documenting the designs painted on vehicles all over the country. She tells us...

AL-MODON

ميموزا عراوي لـ"المدن": "نوارة" الزئبقية مهداة إلى اللغة العربية أصدرت الفنانة والكاتبة ميموزا عراوي كتابها "نوارة" عن دار رمال، وهو مزيج من القصة الخيالية والرواية البصرية، يجمع الكتابة مع الفن ال...

DOSTOR

نداهة الشرق.. صحفية تروى قصة حبها لبلاد العرب: لن أعود لأمريكا   نشرت الكاتبة الصحفية الأمريكية مايكل يانسن، كتابًا تحت عنوان «Windows on Interesting Times»، أو «نوافذ على أوقات مثيرة للاهتمام»...

CYPRUS MAIL

A love affair with the Middle East Windows on Interesting Times by Nicosia-based journalist Michael Jansen By Hermes Solomon   Windows on Interesting Times, a new book by a veteran Mi...

WORLD NEWS

A love affair with the Middle East Windows on Interesting Times by Nicosia-based journalist Michael Jansen By Hermes Solomon Windows on Interesting Times, a new book by a veteran Middle East jo...

L'Orient Le Jour

Les champs multiples de Mimosa el-Arawi L’artiste de la semaine Son 3e opus, « Nawwara », vient de naître après huit longues années de gestation. L’artiste pluridisciplinaire y met son concentré d...

FABRIC THREAD

Threads of Identity – Widad Kamel Kawar Book Review - March 5, 2019 by Ansie   As the title suggests, this is a book about identity. It is filled with personal stories, anecdotes, history and texti...

RASEEF 22

نوارة، سيّدة القطن: هذا ليس كتاب، إنّه نافذة على الكون كاتبة ورسّامة، ناقدة أدبيّة وفنيّة، ميموزا العراوي التي وقّعت خلال أمسيتين متتاليتين (25 و26 كانون الثاني، يناير) كتابها الثالث "نوارة" في رحا...

AL-AKHBAR

فلك الشوا... شاحنات لبنان «محروسة» بإذن الله منذ سنوات، بدأ الفنانون يستلهمون الثقافة الشعبية وإرثها للخروج بمعارضهم أو مشاريعهم. الكتابات والتعاويذ والحكم والغزل و«الزعل» المكتوبة على شاحنات لبنا...

ANNAHAR

رواية "نوّارة" ومعرض تشكيلي لميموزا العراوي أخوّة الخط الكتابي والغرافيكي والعمل التشكيلي اللوني   وقّعت ميموزا العراوي كتابها المعنون "نوّارة". ترافق التوقيع مع معرض فنّي تشكيلي لها ضم أعمالاً من ...

AL AKHBAR

رحلة البطلة «نوّارة»: صراعات ومآس في 25 و26 كانون الثاني (يناير) الحالي، تستضيف «دار النمر للفن والثقافة» احتفال إطلاق كتاب «نوارة ــ رحلة سيدة حقل القطن» (دار «رِمال») للروائية والفنانة اللبنانية...

THE GULF TODAY

A STORY OF STORIES When I was a little girl, my parents gave me One Thousand and One Nights to read, and I was hooked on the Middle East for the rest of my life. Michael Jansen’s Windows on Intere...

MIDDLE EAST ARCHITECT

Iraqi architect Maath Alousi receives the 2018 Tamayouz Lifetime Achievement Award Iraqi architect, artist, and author Maath Alousi is the recipient of this year's Tamayouz Lifetime Achieve...

Bint Battuta Diaries

  Rimal- A promise of a better world one book at a time This post is about a gem of a publishing house called Rimal. I found it in one of my favorite events in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah...

Bint Battuta Diaries

Interview with Falak Shawwa – Rimal Books   The Rimal Journey: In 1993, Rimal was the first independent publishing company to be established in Cyprus. Fo...

UNIVERSITY OF THRID AGE

Michael Jansen on 50+ Years in the Turbulent Middle East In her talk to The Bray Heads Group and the lively discussion which followed it on 25 October, Michael Jansen drew on her experiences livin...