Sherry Jones' controversial debut novel about Muhammad's child bride has finally moved out of the headlines and into American bookstores. Its route there has been tortuous. Witness these developments ...

In Morad Mostafa’s austere and captivating feature debut “Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” the title says it all. An absorbing and at times, puzzling blend of genres ranging from drama to body horror tells the ...

The “Black Panther” star Letitia Wright shows understated vulnerability in this immigrant drama by Frank Berry. Josh O’Connor (“Challengers”) also stars. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for ...

Debuting feature helmer Morad Mostafa is proud to be representing Egypt with his Un Certain Regard-selected “Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” about the fraught existence of a lonely South Sudanese care-worker ...

This spring Sherry Jones’ The Jewel of Medina was rejected for publication by Ballantine Books. The novel is now at the center of the latest round of controversy about fictionalizing the history of ...