Kali Rubaii explores how Iraqi farmers endure despite U.S. military intervention, as they repair their war-damaged homeland.
17 JULY 2026 • By Nazli Tarzi
A new book catalogues the architecture of Israeli military violence and displacement that have made Gaza unliveable.
17 JULY 2026 • By Selma Dabbagh
At a family holiday, a father's death and the birth of a child collapse time and challenge faith in unexpected ways.
17 JULY 2026 • By Nezar Andary
A conversation between writers unfolds into a meditation on exile, memory, and how history inhabits our most private lives.
10 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad, Tareq Baconi
A columnist turns her keen eye to the almost absurd evolution of the framework hammered out between Lebanon and US-backed Israel.
10 JULY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
A Palestinian teacher remembers the sister who taught her the passive voice, not knowing that grammar would be used to erase her.
10 JULY 2026 • By Hanan Habashi
TMR guest editor Aryan Omar Hassan shares the inspiration for the title of our newest issue, and his experiences in the Kurdish diaspora.
By Aryan Omar Hassan
After a grieving mother is gunned down, seven children become the custodians of a village’s shattered memory.
By Hoshang Waziri, Hassan Abdulrazzak
Much of Doğan's groundbreaking art was created in prison out of the materials at hand: hair, coffee, blood.
By Rojda Idil Arslan
This haunting tale explores the Mediterranean as an artistic inspiration, a deceptively hopeful bridge, and a vast cemetery.
19 JUNE 2026 • By Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour
This gothic short story is set on the island of Unguja in Tanzania, where an idyllic house hides something darker.
8 MAY 2026 • By Rebecca Lloyd
A Palestinian teacher remembers the sister who taught her the passive voice, not knowing that grammar would be used to erase her.
10 JULY 2026 • By Hanan Habashi
A writer returns to her homeland — Lebanon — after years abroad, tracing the fault lines between memory and ruin.
19 JUNE 2026 • By Lara Atallah
Three new pieces of SWANA literature, criticism and art every Friday-direct.
