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20 March, 2023

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

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20 March, 2023

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.

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20 March, 2023

War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

Rana Asfour reviews a collection of stories from writer and educator Zein El-Amine, who was born and raised in Lebanon.

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20 March, 2023

Meet Ghoula—Arabic Music Remixed Via Tunisia

In her latest music column for TMR, Melissa Chemam profiles the genre-defying Tunisian electro artist Ghoula.

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TMR 29 • HOME

Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration

Malu Halasa tells the story of refugees seeking asylum in Britain who brave the dangerous waters of the English Channel.

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Latest Essays & Fiction

Fiction • 5 March, 2023

“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising in Tahrir Square.

Fiction • 5 March, 2023

“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

MK Harb, a writer from Beirut, remembers a tenuous sense of home as he searched for himself in adolescence.

Fiction • 5 March, 2023

“Mother Remembered”—Fiction by Samir El-Youssef

Palestinian writer Samir El-Youssef, born in a refugee camp, tells the story of his family's uprooting from Lebanon.

Cities • 5 March, 2023

For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?

Home is increasingly an elusive quality in an era of war, climate disaster, economic collapse and family misfortune.

Essays • 5 March, 2023

More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab

Filmmaker and educator Saeed Taji Farouky argues that the Palestine of memories is often the only Palestine we have.

Cities • 5 March, 2023

The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil and displacement.