Adam Shatz

Adam Shatz is a senior editor at the London Review of Books and a former literary editor of The Nation. He has worked at the New York Times Book Review, Lingua Franca and The New Yorker. Shatz is the editor of Prophets Outcast: A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing About Zionism and Israel (Nation Books).He also edited Lingua Franca's book reviews and has reported from Lebanon and Algeria for the New York Review of Books. Shatz has contributed numerous articles on politics, music and culture to The Nation, The New York Review of Books, the Village Voice, American Prospect and the New York Times.

Nasrallah's Game

July 20, 2006

To some observers, the attacks orchestrated by Sheik Sayed Hassan Nasrallah that detonated Israel's ruthless assault on Lebanon look like a death wish--but it's almost impossible to defeat someone who has no fear of death.

2005

The Principle of Hope

June 14, 2005

The death of Lebanese journalist Samir Kassir is a terrible blow to the cause of Arab freedom.

2004

The Interpreters of Maladies

November 24, 2004
Pastrami & Champagne

April 22, 2004

Sharon may be toasting his agreement with the Bush Administration, but his pastrami sandwich is a recipe for continued warfare.
In Praise of Diasporism, or, Three Cheers for Irving Berlin

April 9, 2004

This is no time for petty feuds over doctrinal purity, but for organized resistance to the Occupation.
Israel Plays With Fire

March 25, 2004

2003

Letters

May 29, 2003
Fight Club

May 22, 2003
Nina Simone (1933-2003)

May 1, 2003
The Native Informant

April 10, 2003

Fouad Ajami is the Pentagon's favorite Arab.