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The Woman Who Taught the Middle East to Laugh: Anju Shahani’s Radical Vision of Joy

August 20, 2025

Dubai, 8:30 a.m. — A room full of executives are clapping, giggling, and breathing deeply in sync. They’re not in a team-building icebreaker or a

‘This Arab Life’: A personal excavation of the ‘silent’ Arab generation

February 6, 2023

A Memoir examining the last 50 years of Middle East history Originally published on Global Voices Author Amal Ghandour. Photo used with permission. In This

Princess Elizabeth II as seen through an Arab lens.

September 22, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy in the Arab world