Three NYC imams, the Aegean sea, and one writer’s passage toward a new relation to faith

‘But what has happened in our era? If just one vocal daring woman steps forth and speaks of the inequalities of the age and criticizes the establishment, especially those who hold authority, then she is immediately muzzled!’

Feminist sci-fi movies, queering Islam, and injustice in America

The legacy of an intellectual friendship in an age of Islamophobia—on the 10-year anniversary of Said’s death.

An excerpt from Sinan Antoon’s novel, “The Corpse Washer”

A man in search of his ex-lover looks back on his coming of age—from Manil Suri’s pre-apocalyptic novel set in Mumbai

A new novel, written just before the Arab Spring, tells the story of a hacker turned revolutionary.