Finnish rockers The 69 Eyes have been around since the 80's, but it’s only recently that they’ve begun to make inroads into the American market. With a new vampire-themed album released just in...
The face of anti-GLBT activism in Ukraine is not necessarily what you'd expect it to be. In my case, I expected something resembling a bearded preacher with a fiery stare and little gobs of spit...
Gamers and fantasy fans are often maligned as freaks and geeks, but they also foster close-knit communities that support each other and are wary of outsiders. Writer Ethan Gilsdorf left the gaming...
After 17 years together, Tokyo-based alterna rock band Noodles are still going strong. Kirsty Evans sat down with them during their latest trip to the USA as part of the Japan Nite tour to talk about...
In Spies: The Rise and Fall of The KGB in America, historians John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr teamed up with former KGB member and journalist Alexander Vassiliev to illustrate the phenomenon of...
In his new book, The Anti-Globalisation Breakfast Club: Manifesto for a Peaceful Revolution, Laurence Brahm, an ex-lawyer who worked closely with many East Asian governments during their economic...
Originally from Tehran, Hypernova have a sound reminiscent of Interpol, except less clinical and more organic. Having made the transition to the American music scene, they have come to symbolize...
Shanthi Sekaran has a lot to celebrate this year. This past spring, MacAdam/Cage published her debut novel The Prayer Room to wide acclaim. Readers are quickly absorbed by the winding story of George...
Please note that the full version of this particular column is hosted at ArabComment. The regular column will return later this month. When I first met Rana Husseini, I was struck by how forthright...
Adina Hoffman lives in Jerusalem. She is the author of House of Windows: Portraits from a Jerusalem Neighborhood. She has contributed to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Times Literary Supplement...