Browse all articles, essays and commentary by Suhair Mahfouz on Arab culture, literature, society and more.
Arabic calligraphy is more than beautiful script — it is a spiritual practice, a cultural identity, and an art form...
Read MoreDecades after its publication, Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy remains the great novel of Arab modernity — a family...
Read MoreFrom Nawal El Saadawi to Hanan al-Shaykh, Arab women writers have long challenged silence — and a new generation is...
Read MoreJerusalem's Old City is not a museum. It is a place where centuries coexist in the same alley, the same stone, the same...
Read MoreArabic is not simply a tool for communication — it is a world in itself. Reflecting on what it means to think, feel,...
Read MoreBefore books, before radio, before screens, the hakawati — the traditional Arab storyteller — held communities...
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