Dima el-Horr's latest documentary offers a rarely-seen side of Beirut's Corniche.
14 AUGUST 2026 • By Amelia Izmanki
Discover the top summer reads TMR editors can’t wait to dive into—perfect picks for your own holiday escape.
14 AUGUST 2026 • By TMR
Comma Press’s "Reading the City" series turns its attention to Damascus.
14 AUGUST 2026 • By Anas Tareef
A young Kurdish writer grapples with what it means to exist outside the politics of appeal and visibility.
7 AUGUST 2026 • By Aline Jabbari
A columnist speculates on the possible afterlives awaiting after Gaza's apocalypse.
7 AUGUST 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Two new poems by Kurdish translator and poet Selîm Temo are presented in English translation for the first time.
7 AUGUST 2026 • By Selîm Temo, Rojin Shekh Hamo
TMR’s Literary Editor reflects on what created the Anthropocene—capitalism, colonialism, ecocide—and the possibility of undoing it.
By Abdelrahman ElGendy
The human will toward life meets the inhuman algorithms hunting people down like prey in Israel's ravaging of Lebanon.
By Cynthia Kreichati
A self-described “dystopian artist” creates works that seek to tell stories about our modern condition from a future point of view.
By Nour Annan
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 young Kurdish writer grapples with what it means to exist outside the politics of appeal and visibility.
7 AUGUST 2026 • By Aline Jabbari
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
Three new pieces of SWANA literature, criticism and art every Friday-direct.
