Farhud: The forgotten ordeal of Iraqi Jews
2021 marked the 80th anniversary of Farhud*—a two-day pogrom against Baghdad Jewry.
Iraq
"I wish to be cremated": On Writing My Un-Islamic Will
It was raining heavily that May morning in 2019.
Is Arab Middle Class Literature under Siege?
Can literature widden the scope of our understanding of the nations of the Middle East away from Orientalism and ISIS to include the struggle of a middle class that continues to fight for reform in the region?
Egg-hunting in Baghdad
A translated excerpt from a memoir describing Iraq during the Gulf War and the misery and uncertainty plaguing those living in war zones.
The Jewish Exodus from Iraq Revisited
A personal reassessment of the exodus of Jewish Iraqis to Israel through published histories, biographies, and novels.
Prejudice Two Ways
Who—in this shamelessly visual age—would bother to read an analysis of the Muslim world’s modern history when ISIS is swamping social media with ghastly short videos whose impact on viewers is often irrevocable? What can my apologetic writings change if the Pandora’s Box of fear has been opened and is indiscriminately spreading poison?
Translation in Wartime
“Translation looks two ways.
Disinformation Society
As the underlying structures of the war in Iraq become publicly visible, its basic logics emerge: a systematic campaign of disinformation waged at home and abroad, a propaganda machine of unparalleled sophistication, and a cultivated manipulation of fear in the interests of justifying and perpetuating an increasingly questionable war on terror.