An author unafraid to defy midcentury attitudes about her gender. “What is important is humanity,” she said, “not being a man or a woman.” Forough Farrokhzad near Tehran circa 1966....
I had been thinking of feminist discourse and its relevance to all of us for years. The #metoo movement is my favorite, and while following it, I started reading articles...
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Özge Sebzeci Nebiye A. on the subway, Istanbul, Turkey, January 2019 Istanbul, Turkey—Nebiye A. crossed the Bosphorus on a ferry, far from the home and life she once had. On...
A definitive new study has great news for book lovers: Yes, reading fiction boosts your EQ. Whatever you might think of the year in politics or weather, 2018 was definitely a...
Months away from publishing her debut novel, a young Asian author and rising star of YA fiction just killed her own book to appease a social media mob condemning her...
Minarets and palm trees possess my pictured gaze, of heights within a vision, in heat and sun and haze. Exotic in appearance and elegant they stand in noble perseverance,...
Relatives can put some extra strain on a relationship. "Crazy Rich Asians" blew away expectations at the box office and there are talks of a sequel on the way. Earlier in 2018,...
Nadine Labaki's Oscar nomination has raised the profile of filmmakers from the region Director Nadine Labaki and actor Zain Al Rafeea of Oscar-nominated Capernaum. Regis Duvignau / Reuters Zain, a 12-year-old Syrian...
NORTH OF DAWNBy Nuruddin Farah 373 pp. Riverhead Books. $27. The comedian Hasan Minhaj has spoken about “the audacity of equality” — the belief many immigrants foster of belonging to their...