Hamid Al-Saadi’s ‘Maqam Al-Iraq’ Is Beautiful and Meaningful
This is an opportunity for the world to behold a master of Iraqi maqām, Hamid Al-Saadi, the likes of whom are nearly impossible to find these days.
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‘On Her Shoulders’: Awareness of Trauma Is Not Enough
In this interview with Director Alexandria Bombach centered on her recent documentary about Nadia Murad, On Her Shoulders, she reflects on how we process another's trauma, and how we might be moved beyond simply awareness.
In Defense of Errol Morris’s ‘Standard Operating Procedure’
Morris knows how our own projections have been weaponized against both those in the Abu Ghraib photos and ourselves as the public consuming the photos, obfuscating the standard operating procedure of the title.
Genocide and the Benevolence of ‘The Beekeeper’
Using techniques applied in his work, an Iraqi beekeeper rescued Yazidi and Christian minority women and children from Daesh during the recent Sinjar massacres.
Christopher Hitchens’ Posthumous Anthology, ‘And Yet…’, and Yet There Is More
Why reprint what's already available, as done here, if a bounty of miscellanea is still uncollected?
Dudu Tassa and the Kuwaitis: Dudu Tassa and the Kuwaitis
A good rapprochement, tender not timid.
A Shot in the Dark and a Swift Retreat: Max Boot’s ‘Invisible Armies’
In Max Boot’s grand survey of irregular warfare, Invisible Armies he shows that his thorough reading of the historical record leaves little room for old stereotypes.