Health
This Is What Happens When You Freeze Your Fat
Belly pooch, muffin top, food baby, roll, love handles, saddle bags…the world has a lot of cutesy and derogatory ways to describe body fat. ……Read More
Lifestyle
Books
From Diyarbikkir to Lalish: Walking in the Footsteps of Armenian Genocide
Iraqi novelist Layla Qasrany traveled to Turkey to commemorate the Armenian genocide and visit sites that had appeared in her most recent novel. A side-trip into northern ……Read More
Immigration
All the American Illegals Get to Stay
The Migration Policy Institute, CIS's opposite number on the high-immigration side, has released a report estimating that fully 87 percent of the illegal population is ……Read More
Books
Arabic Literature in Persian, Persian Literature in Arabic
Last week, Iranian journalist Farahmand Alipour (@FarahmandAlipur) had a fascinating interview with Farsi-Arabic translator Ghassan Hamdan: Kalila w Dimna, a text that traveled from Persian to ……Read More
Health
This 30-Day Push-Up Challenge Will Transform Your Body
Reality check: It’s time to stop thinking of push-ups as a punishment of the drop-and-give-me-20 variety. The truth is, they’re a fantastic strength-building exercise — ……Read More
Books
‘I Have Been Doing More Nonfiction Because I Feel There’s a Great Need for It’
This conversation — between writer Nada Adel Sobhi and translator-scholar Samah Selim — first appeared on the blog “Nadaness in Motion“: Selim has authored The Novel and the Rural ……Read More