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Germany’s Most Right-Wing Parliament Since WWII—Liberals Panic, Immigrants Roll Their Eyes
Laila Abdalla, a young Egyptian journalist transplanted to Germany, sizes up the rightward drift of the country.
Hassan Blasim’s Sololand features Three Novellas on Iraq
Hassan Blasim’s work is not imitation. His is a voice forged in exile, and steeped in the paradoxes of displacement.
May World Picks from the Editors
Film and writers’ festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books, art residencies, and writing workshops.
On Forgiveness and Path—an Exhibition in Damascus
In post-regime Syria, forgiveness is not resolution—it’s a quiet demand for justice in the language of art.
TMR 49 • LOVE, WAR & RESISTANCE
Centerpiece
Love and Resistance in Online Persian Dating Shows
From blindfolding potential dates to threating them with cockroaches, Iranian YouTube dating game shows go viral and the regime takes action.
Featured Artist
Mous Lamrabat: Featured Artist
In his latest solo exhibition, Mous Lamrabat delves deep into the emotional weight of displacement, memory, identity and love.
Poetry Markaz
Three Poems by Najwan Darwish
Najwan Darwish, author of nine books of poetry, on Palestine, love and loss, from his new definitive poetry collection.
A. Van Jordan presents “The Tailor” and “HEX”
Poet A. Van Jordan presents his latest hybrid work celebrating Black youth, and examines Black lives lost to police violence.
TMR Interviews
With Brecht, Rabih Mroué & Lina Majdalanie Deconstruct Fascism
The new Lebanese performance, "Four Walls and a Roof," uses trial testimony, humor, and Eisler-Brecht songs to address the rise of the right.
Between Belief and Doubt: Ramzi Mallat’s Suspended Disbelief
"Suspended Disbelief" interrogates the tension between belief and doubt in the folklore and collective psyche of the Mediterranean region.
Latest Essays & Fiction
Germany’s Most Right-Wing Parliament Since WWII—Liberals Panic, Immigrants Roll Their Eyes
Laila Abdalla, a young Egyptian journalist transplanted to Germany, sizes up the rightward drift of the country.
Four Gates to the Hereafter: On The Dissenters
The Egyptian author of an epistolary novel — his first in English — meditates on whether his work will join the canon of world literature.
Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel for Our Present Dystopia
An NYU professor who has frequently taught this Iraqi novel finds that two months into Trump 2.0, its significance has shifted considerably.
Love and Resistance in Online Persian Dating Shows
From blindfolding potential dates to threating them with cockroaches, Iranian YouTube dating game shows go viral and the regime takes action.
“The Monster Is Gone”—a story by Anna Lekas Miller
How do you talk about war and exile with your child, when all you want to do is protect him from the truth?
A Conversation Among My Homeland’s Trees
The Trees spoke above the screams, the fires, the bombs, the droughts, across the oasis, forests, and streams of her homeland.