This is our sixteenth weekly section. We have five posts; Amal Hanano continues her diary from Aleppo. Gaelle Raphael translates a poem by the great Syrian poet Saniyya Salih. Youssef Rakha examines the cultural discourse in Egypt. Nezar Andary reviews May Odeh`s Diaries. Sinan Antoon translates a text by Ahmad Saadawi about Iraqi dogs. 

We will be taking a summer break and will return in the fall with more energy and lots of culture. Enjoy!

It`s Not Him, It`s Them by Amal Hanano 

The Trial by Saniyya Saleh translated by Gaelle Raphael

The Body Cannot Live Without the Mind: Egyptian Cultural Discourse in the Wake of the Revolution by Youssef Rakha 

May Odeh`s Diaries: Celebration, Beauty and Transcendence by Nezar Andary

Dogs by Ahmad Saadawi

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