Two exhibitions, I Found It by Mohamed Khedr and Puzzles on Memory’s Wall by the Iraqi artist Karim Farhan, took place recently. Both relate to the concept of memory, and both reflect a long career in ...

Whether or not it is proper to go by one’s English name is not a question that can be answered in a vacuum. Whatever the case, I would strongly recommend choosing names that express high and traditi ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...