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Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

Literary Alchemy: On Fusing Research and Film Techniques to Write a Novel

How Mo Ogrodnik Depicts Violence Against Women from Multiple Perspectives

By Mo Ogrodnik | May 8, 2025

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

Don Gillmor Explores the Economic, Political and Environmental Impact of Our Addiction to Oil

By Don Gillmor | April 25, 2025

Natalie Koch Untangles the Weirdly Connected Environmental Fates of Arizona and Saudi Arabia

Natalie Koch Untangles the Weirdly Connected Environmental Fates of Arizona and Saudi Arabia

Keen On">In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 22, 2023

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

Nadifa Mohamed on the Long, Strange Journey of Her Uncle Kettle

“My sense of belonging to Hargeisa, the city of my birth but not his, has dissipated in his absence.”

By Nadifa Mohamed | October 4, 2021

How Do Writers Without Access to Books Develop a Craft?

How Do Writers Without Access to Books Develop a Craft?

Sulaiman Addonia on the Lessons of Displacement

By Sulaiman Addonia | April 1, 2021

Writing a Saudi American Novel When No One Has Done It Before

Writing a Saudi American Novel When No One Has Done It Before

Eman Quotah on the Beginning of a Tradition

By Eman Quotah | January 25, 2021

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It's Time to Free Ourselves from the Magical Thinking of 'Oilcraft'

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It Turns Out Fracking Doesn't Even Make That Much Money

By Underreported with Nicholas Lemann | September 8, 2020

SFF authors are protesting Saudi Arabia's cynical bid to host the 2022 WorldCon.

By Aaron Robertson | July 29, 2020

A new book reveals the odd fate of Trump's

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By Aaron Robertson | March 4, 2020

Daring to Drive (And Write About It) in Saudi Arabia

Daring to Drive (And Write About It) in Saudi Arabia

Speaking with Manal al-Sharif about Defiance and Disclosure

By Sabrina Toppa | June 19, 2017

Mona Eltahawy: How to Fight the Patriarchy

Mona Eltahawy: How to Fight the Patriarchy

"I believe we’re going through a global feminist moment."

By Mona Eltahawy | April 22, 2016

Why Where We Write Matters

Why Where We Write Matters

from Bombay to Bilimora">Tanaz Bhathena on Her Understanding of Home,
from Bombay to Bilimora

By Tanaz Bhathena | April 20, 2016

Fatima Bhutto: My Grandfather's Library, Relic of a Freer Pakistan

Fatima Bhutto: My Grandfather's Library, Relic of a Freer Pakistan

Discovering Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Through His Books

By Fatima Bhutto | April 7, 2016

Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World

Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World

Katherine Zoepf

By Lit Hub Excerpts | January 14, 2016

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