Fashion
20 Amazing Black Sweaters, Because You Can Never Have Too Many
Jeans, white T-shirts, black sweaters: These are all things you can really, truly never have too many of. But when the temperatures most characteristic of ……Read More
Lifestyle
Books
Excerpt in Translation: ‘Saddam and Me and the Stockholm Syndrome’
Ali Shakir’s third book — Saddam and Me and the Stockholm Syndrome — was published on the 15th of this month by Dar Elthaqafa Elgedeeda: The book is ……Read More
Immigration
Just How Large of an America Amnesty Are We Talking About?
The 1986 amnesty known by its acronym, IRCA, contained a late addition intended to legalize certain farm workers. The government expected no more than 400,000 ……Read More
Immigration
What’s Wrong with This Picture: Three-Quarters of Silicon Valley Workers Are H-1Bs?
San Francisco Bay area newspaper the Mercury News, has published an article titled “H-1B: Foreign citizens make up nearly three-quarters of Silicon Valley tech workforce, ……Read More
Books
Court Jesters and Black Mirrors: Translator Alex Elinson on Bringing Moroccan Literature into English
Episode 6 of the Bulaq podcast was built — among other things — on a talk by Moroccan novelist Youssef Fadel and conversations with translator Alex Elinson: ……Read More
Food
The Broke Girl’s Guide To Healthy Eating
Illustrated by Anna Sudit. This article was originally published on April 26, 2016. Yes, it’s true that health food can be staggeringly expensive — especially ……Read More