Opening new literary conversations and creating fresh space for Arabic literature to travel at the Warsaw International Book ...

Dual language books are a go-to resource for students wanting to practice comprehension of their new tongue in an accessible way. Luka Zimmerman and Rana Kayed have put this genre to slightly ...

The Kurdish language has returned to the forefront of cultural and political debate in Syria after the issuance of Decree […] ...

His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, witnessed, on Wednesday, ...

“So…are you Middle Eastern?” I had just walked into the American Sephardi Federation office in lower Manhattan, where 20 ...

For more than a century, scholars stared at the same strange marks and got almost nowhere. The signs belonged to Linear Elamite, a 4,000-year-old writing system from ancient Iran. They appeared on ...

You don’t need perfect penmanship. Here are a few ways to build the habit. By Elizabeth Passarella Several months ago, I got a handwritten letter from my sister. We were raised to be prompt thank-you ...

Readers of Lucy Score’s new romance novel, “Mistakes Were Made,” will marvel at the cover and sprayed edges. They'll anticipate the love story that awaits them on the pages. But all the excitement in ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. In the 1930s, Michelle Janning’s grandmother was living in a South ...

Umama Ali spent more time as a kid arguing with his brother over who caused the most chaos in GTA Vice City than doing homework, and he’s been unapologetically hooked on games ever since. That ...

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How can you tidy up if many, many things bring you joy? When the Japanese organizing guru Marie Kondo published her first book, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” (2014), she inspired a ...