Fashion
For Spring 2019, Prada Collaborated With Female Architects
Photo: Estrop/Getty Images. For Prada’s spring 2019 womenswear show, the trek outside of Milan’s city limits — which would be the equivalent of that trip to ……Read More
Lifestyle
Books
ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād’s ‘War Songs’: ‘Tenderness Beneath the Violence’
Tonight at Poet’s House, the Library of Arabic Literature will celebrate the launch of War Songs. ArabLit founding editor M Lynx Qualey will be there; today, fresh ……Read More
Books
Harry Potter in an Egyptian Prison
In Mada Masr, young prisoner of circumstance Abdelrahman al-Gendy writes about bringing a magic wand into an Egyptian prison. The narrative — beautifully translated by Katherine Halls — is ……Read More
Daily Life
“We Survived”: A Year After Hurricane Maria, 25 Puerto Rican Women Tell Their Story
One year ago, Puerto Rico faced its most catastrophic storm in recent history. Hurricane Maria came barreling through on the early hours of September 20, ……Read More
Health
It’s Not Your Fault That You’re Easily Distracted But Here’s How To Focus
When was the last time you got through something you needed to do without taking out your phone and scrolling through Instagram? If it’s been ……Read More
Books
Rasha Omran: ‘Now Death For Me Is No Longer Abstract’
Celebrated Syrian poet Rasha Omran talks with acclaimed Canadian author-translator Kim Echlin: By Rasha Omran, Abdelrehim Youssef, and Kim Echlin Rasha Omran was born in 1964 in Malaja, a ……Read More