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We celebrated the birthday of Franz Kafka last week, and this week we turn to Marcel Proust, born 150 years ago on 10 July. The two authors were almost contemporaries…

“He who walks on his head has depths of the heavens beneath him.” Paul Celan, when he wrote these lines, was speaking of the poet Lenz, who sometimes liked to…

In K. this week, Avishag Zafrani interviews Yolande Zauberman, the director of Me Ivan, You Abraham (1993), Would You Have Sex with an Arab? (2011), and M (2018). She is…

  From the vantage point of Europe, Israel tends to catch us out. Even the most astute commentators often find themselves dumbstruck. No one could have anticipated the Netanyahu era…

Les Blancs, les Juifs et nous (Whites, Jews and Us, not translated) still figures as a memorable title in French racial discourse. The work of indigéniste activist Houria Bouteldja, the…

K. publishes this week the second part of David Haziza’s inquiry on ritual slaughter in Europe (see here the first part of this article). He grapples with how this traditional…

The weather is warming, and K., in line with the season, is addressing some hot topics this week. Topics on which intellectuals and politicians often cross swords: post-colonial studies and…

  Does the ceasefire coming into effect after two weeks of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians seem probable to hold? The use of force on both sides was substantial,…

It is difficult to know whether the cycle of Israeli-Palestinian violence that began this week is a repetition of those that preceded it, or whether its features make it unique…