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1 November, 2024

Palestinian Artists Reflect on the Role of Art in Catastrophic Times

Multimedia and performing artists gather in Marseille for the 8th Biennale "Sin," on how to be a Palestinian artist after October 7th.

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25 October, 2024,

The Conversation: Arabic-English Translators maia tabet & Yasmeen Hanoosh

Long-time diasporic translators discuss the art of translation, from Arabic to English, identifying intersections and divergences along their paths.

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25 October, 2024

Should a Climate-Destroying Dictatorship Host a Climate-Saving Conference?

A year after committing ethnic cleansing, Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29 with little pushback from mainstream media.

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25 October, 2024

November World Picks from the Editors

Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.

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TMR 46 • ANIMALS

“Habib”—a story by Ghassan Ghassan

A bombing in Gaza destroys an entire family except for the protagonist of the short story and his beloved dog.

Centerpiece

Don't miss our next Roudtable : The Day of the Imprisoned Writer

 

Join novelists Ahdaf Soueif and Maaza Mengiste with writers Mina Thabet from PEN International and Jordan Elgrably from The Markaz Review on Wednesday, November 13th at 1pm EST/ 7pm CET.

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Latest Essays & Fiction

Arabic • 4 November, 2024

يوم في حياة كارولين كامل في سوق السبت بالقاهرة

.تكتب كارولين كامل عن فرحتها باستكشاف أسواق الأشياء المستعملة النابضة بالحياة في القاهرة، حيث ساعدها لقاؤها بباربي على إنهاء وإرضاء شوق الطفولة الدائم

Centerpiece • 1 November, 2024

“Habib”—a story by Ghassan Ghassan

A bombing in Gaza destroys an entire family except for the protagonist of the short story and his beloved dog.

Art • 1 November, 2024

Beyond Our Gaze: Rethinking Animals in Contemporary Art

Naima Morelli introduces four artists who showcase the role of animals in art as symbols, actors, or something altogether different.

Fiction • 1 November, 2024

“Gazelles Leaping”—a story by Shadab Zeest Hashmi

In this Sufi tale, poet Shadab Zeest Hashmi explores the worlds inhabited by gazelles Sahel and Sahara, between the twenty-first century and eternity.

Essays • 1 November, 2024,

The Felines that Leave Us, and the Humans that Left

An Iranian writer and translator in the heart of Tehran unexpectedly becomes a cat woman, attached to her pets well into adulthood.

Fiction • 1 November, 2024,

“A Market for Titles”—fiction from Laila al-Othman

A dog gets back at its abusive owner when she sends him out to steal several prestigious titles on offer at the market.