The Ruined Apartment Building Becoming Beirut's Memorial to Civil War
A beautiful apartment building that became a snipers' nest has been preserved in Lebanon
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Stateless in Kuwait
The winner of the 'Arabic Booker' tackles ethnic prejudice in the Middle East.
Mightier Than the Sword
Magdy El Shafee, Egypt's most famous cartoonist, reflects on the revolution. By Maya Jaggi.
Not Your Sunday-Morning Cartoons
Twenty-five years after 'Maus' put graphic novels on the map, the art form is exploding.
The Disappeared
Hisham Matar's new novel takes on a very personal subject: a father's abduction by a brutal regime and a son's unsettling sense of loss.