Frederic Wehrey The Many Repercussions of the Rif Rebellion Fittingly for an anticolonial movement that created the template for those that followed, the Berber revolt of the 1920s reverberates across a century of history to this day. December 18, 2021
Adam Shatz Driss Chraïbi & the Novel Morocco Had to Ban When Driss Chraïbi’s The Simple Past (Le Passé simple) was published in 1954, it was as if an explosion had gone off in the small, old-fashioned mansion of North African literature. January 2, 2020
Hisham Aidi So Why Did I Defend Paul Bowles? “Paul Bowles? He’s the worst,” said Edward Said, making a brushing gesture. When I tried to continue, Said raised his hand: “Stop, why are you defending him? Just stop.” December 20, 2019