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Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami
Karim Goury reviews "Tatami," a sports combat film depicting the conflict between suppressive male law and individual female empowerment.
Palestine, the Land of Grapes and Wine
Historic Palestine has always been a fertile agricultural land, a space of spirituality, and where wine was born and celebrated.
Aïda Nosrat of Atine: Artist at Work
Jordan Elgrably interviews free-spirited Iranian performer Aïda Nosrat on music, exile, freedom, and a passion for mixing cultures.
The Queer Arab Glossary —A Review
A book challenging myths and stereotypes about sexuality in the Arab world, exploring the language of queerness in the region.
TMR 45 • FROM HERE, ONE YEAR ON
Centerpiece
Witnessing Catastrophe: a Painter in Lebanon
Tom Young's art raises important questions about studying images and the lasting impact of colonialism in the Arab world.
Featured Artist
Khaled Jarrar: Artist At Work
Jenin artist Khaled Jarrar deploys photography, video, installations, films and performative interventions to explore contemporary power dynamics and how they affect everyday people.
Poetry Markaz
Four poems from Modern Poetry of Pakistan
The first anthology of its kind to appear in English, "Modern Poetry of Pakistan" brings together many poetic traditions indigenous to Pakistan.
Waqas Khwaja—Two Poems from No One Waits for the Train
The poetry of Waqas Khwaja captures in image, narrative voice, and personal memory the terrible beauty of an innocence now lost.
TMR Interviews
Aïda Nosrat of Atine: Artist at Work
Jordan Elgrably interviews free-spirited Iranian performer Aïda Nosrat on music, exile, freedom, and a passion for mixing cultures.
Soudade Kaadan: Filmmaker Interview
Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan is a jury member of the 81st Venice Film Festival, and the only Arab woman director to have won twice in Venice.
Latest Essays & Fiction
Palestine, the Land of Grapes and Wine
Historic Palestine has always been a fertile agricultural land, a space of spirituality, and where wine was born and celebrated.
A Year of War Without End
In the guise of an editorial, senior editor Lina Mounzer struggles to find the words to describe the horror of the past year, and hopelessness…
Visuals and Voices: Palestine Will Not Be a Palimpsest
After a year of the war on Gaza, signs and symbols, art, and visuals from and about Palestine are still being banned, dismissed, or ignored.
Shamrocks & Watermelons: Palestine Politics in Belfast
Through a conflicted prism, the effect of the year-long war in Gaza on the music and politics of Northern Ireland.
The Spark of Your Story, Ode to Aaron Bushnell
Honoring the memory of US serviceman Aaron Bushnell, who died for truth and justice in protest of US aid to Israel.
Depictions of Genocide: The Un-Imaginable Visibility of Extermination
A bleak and sobering account for those who may still have wanted to believe in the enlightening power of the image.