Books

Salt Journals: Tunisian women describe their country’s legacy of political imprisonment

A collection of accounts published by Syracuse University Press describes gendered repression that has disturbing parallels to the country today

Dar al-Fata al-Arabi: A look at the first Arab publishing house dedicated to children

Daybreak in Gaza: New anthology aims to preserve a culture being destroyed

Against Erasure: What a new photo book tells about Palestine before the Nakba

Israel's war on Gaza

Salman Rushdie is echoing Israeli talking points to justify the horrors in Gaza

Gabriel Polley

Salman Rushdie says free Palestinian state would be 'Taliban-like'

Fall of Civilizations: The histories of greatness and ruin that mirror modern decay

Israel's war on Gaza

'Deluge' sweeps away western myths about Gaza, Hamas and Israel in essential collection

Richard Sanders

Street signs to Sindbad: Uncovering the legacy of Arab graphic design

12 books you need to read about the Arab Spring

Barack Obama's memoir is a desperate attempt to seal a legacy. It fails

Azad Essa

Ghost in the machine: Netflix's Paranormal is strictly by the numbers

'Iranian women are pursuing their dreams': New book challenges western stereotypes

Five books on East Africa's centuries-old connection with the Middle East

Fear and loathing in Gaza: Tales of a life under siege

Voices of a lost homeland: The poetry of Western Sahara

Against the Loveless World: A Palestinian tale of exile and resistance

'Is there a Lebanon to save?' Writers reflect on Beirut blast

Art and photography

Iranian gangsters: Tattoos, drug deals and a hidden underworld revealed

Caught between fact and fiction: How Palestinian authors write about their cities