In Egypt where nationalist anthems are weaponized and satire becomes grounds for persecution, Taraddud stands as an act of survival.
17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Salma Harland
Bombed streets and Palestinian suffering contrast with Orwell’s language, showing how terms like “security operations” sanitize violence.
17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
Tamara Stepanyan’s latest documentary, My Armenian Phantoms, interweaves film history with an intimate coming-of-age story.
17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jim Quilty
In the Global South, abstraction connects with modernism and evades censorship. Could it be a powerful way to explore deep time and memory?
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
An artist is unable to go on with life and work as usual, while Israelis are committed to a campaign of murder and mayhem against Palestinians.
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
Two years into the crushing genocide in Gaza, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi recalls her displacements and the significance of writing for her people.
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
TMR's October issue examines the multifaceted nature of friendship — intimate or communal, joyful or bittersweet.
A writer confronts the harsh reality of performative acceptance versus true solidarity as her community's struggles become inconvenient.
3 October 2025 • By Christina Adranly
TMR's editor interviews Jordanian fine artist Lamia Fakhoury on her circuitous journey to devoting herself full-time as a sculptor.
3 October 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
Christopher Merrill "is one of the most gifted, audacious, and accomplished poets of an extraordinary rich generation."—W. S. Merwin
31 AUGUST 2025 • By Christopher Merrill
Mai Serhan is a Palestinian-Egyptian poet, writer, editor and translator. She is the author of, CAIRO: the undelivered letters and other titles.
31 AUGUST 2025 • By Mai Serhan
Amal Ghandour helps parse these Orwellian times from the perspective of an Arab writer living between Beirut, Amman and the west.
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
A woman living in the capital of the United States during fascism and genocide nonetheless yearns for a progressive partner.
26 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Souseh
Art
In the Global South, abstraction connects with modernism and evades censorship. Could it be a powerful way to explore deep time and memory?
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By ARIE AMAYA-AKKERMANS
Essay
An artist is unable to go on with life and work as usual, while Israelis are committed to a campaign of murder and mayhem against Palestinians.
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By MYRIAM COHENCA
Essay
Two years into the crushing genocide in Gaza, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi recalls her displacements and the significance of writing for her people.
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By TAQWA AHMED AL-WAWI
Fiction
This excerpt from Play the Game by French-Algerian author Fatima Daas explores what it means to grow up queer and Muslim in France.
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By FATIMA DAAS
CENTERPIECE
A writer confronts the harsh reality of performative acceptance versus true solidarity as her community's struggles become inconvenient.
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By CHRISTINA ADRANLY
Fiction
This excerpt from Ahmed El-Fakharani's latest novel questions whether virtual friendships are real or simply a facade masking deep loneliness.
3 OCTOBER 2025 • By AHMED EL FAKHARANY
