Pomegranates and Myrrh
Running parallel to the conference through the week has been an Arabic film festival, comprising works from Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq …
Category Archives: Reviews
Bella’s Kiss of Death to Kick-Assery
Earlier this week I experienced what could be termed an ‘anti-epiphany’. By its very virtue, an epiphany is exhilarating, promising and smacking …
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
“My words seem to me like birds too young and weak to fly far.” Which is pretty much my sentiment …
Rachida
One of the most tedious aspects of relocating to a new city is the first weekend: unsure of my bearings …
The Kite Runner
A confirmed book-glutton, I have only two quirks: I cannot bear reaching the final pages, and I avoid high-profile reads …
My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes
A few months ago, flushed with adoration for all things Marjane Satrapi, I bought a slim volume by the name …
The Galley, Topsham
Some meals are meant to be guzzled, some talked over, and some savoured in a whirl of taste-ecstasy. Still others …
Persepolis, Redux
The transition from book to screen is rarely one charted without criticism, lamentation, or condemnation. While certain tomes lend themselves …
Disad-Vantage Point
Having taken my fill of children’s movies these past months, a hasty decision was made last night to catch a …
The Complete Persepolis
The graphic novel has become a shy literary entity, to be found either in specialist shops or lurking in the …
