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Genre: Opinion
The False Positive Epidemic: The Evidence Against AI Writing Detectors
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Thursday 19 February 2026 - Genre: Opinion
As highlighted in our last piece, the alarm raised by students, professionals, and authors regarding AI detectors was not a false alarm. It is supported by growing scientific evidence. More recent res...
الحرية أسرع وأضمن قطار الى المناعة الأخلاقية
By: Mona Helmy on: Friday 13 February 2026 - Genre: Opinion
تموت فينا كل الأشياء ، ربما . لكن اشتياقنا الى الحرية ، لا يموت . نحن نستحق الحياة ، قدر تشبثنا بالحرية . نستحق الكرامة ، قدر ما نُكرم الحرية . أؤمن بـ«...
صوفي كولينز: صوت كويري أوروبي يستكشف المخفي بين الجسد والظل
By: Hamid Oqabi on: Monday 2 February 2026 - Genre: Opinion
حين نقرأ الشاعرة والمترجمة البريطانية صوفي كولينز، نشعر أننا أمام صوت ينساب من منطقةٍ بين الشعر والتأمل الحر، كما لو أنّ نصوصها تحادث القارئ في مساحة داخلية بعيدة عن الضجيج. ولدت كولينز عام 1989، وسرع...
لماذا احب دمشق
By: Majed Mulhem on: Saturday 31 January 2026 - Genre: Opinion
جميع من زاركِ أحبّكِ، لكن ليس كل حبٍّ يُشبه الآخر. وأنا أحببتكِ بطريقة مختلفة، لا تشبه إعجاب العابرين، ولا دهشة السائحين، ولا حنين من مرّوا بكِ ثم مضوا. أحببتكِ كما أحببتُ أمّي. حبًّا بلا...
The Hidden Costs of AI Detection: How AI Detectors Are Harming Students, Professionals and Writers
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Wednesday 28 January 2026 - Genre: Opinion
Concerns about artificial intelligence in writing have developed rapidly over the past few years. Early language models such as GPT-2, released in 2019, demonstrated automated text generation but rema...
Is the World Heading Towards a Shared Global Writing Style?
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Wednesday 17 December 2025 - Genre: Opinion
In earlier centuries, when communities were separated by distance, language, and limited communication, writers developed highly individual styles. A single page by authors such as Dante Alighieri, Vo...
When Translation Betrays Literature
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Friday 28 November 2025 - Genre: Opinion
In my recent article, published in Arab World Books, titled “The Hidden Side of a Nobel Prize Winner: László Krasznahorkai’s Profound Pessimism,” I noted that he remain...
The Hidden Side of a Nobel Prize Winner: László Krasznahorkai’s Profound Pessimism
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Wednesday 19 November 2025 - Genre: Opinion
The Nobel Prize reminds us that true honour is never shaped by power, popularity, or predictions. The unexpected can prevail —just as a powerless Venezuelan opposition leader rose over the world...
وكتبت بأسم مستعار نصف كتبى
By: Ashraf Tawfik on: Monday 3 November 2025 - Genre: Opinion
يقول انيس منصور الكتب كالبشر فيها الصالح والطالح : - كتب مثل الخرائط تهديك لغيرها - وكتب تحتاج لخرائط،فالذى يقلبها يضيع فيها - وكتب مثل الاوراق المالية مضمونة الفائدة - وكتب أك...
Jilly Cooper’s Admitted Plagiarism: Why Is Human “Borrowing” Accepted, But AI's Is Not?
By: Mouloud Benzadi on: Monday 20 October 2025 - Genre: Opinion
The literary world has lost one of its most spirited and beloved storytellers with the death of Dame Jilly Cooper at the age of 88. Her passing, announced on Sunday by her children, Felix and Emily, p...
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