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Algerian Mother Tongues—the Music of Amel Zen and IWAL

In Algeria, singer-songwriter Amel Zen and the group Iwal write and perform in their indigenous Dahri and Chaoui.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Sana Herireche

Civil War In Lebanon? A Mad Prospect Looms Again

In her biweekly column, following Israel's Black Wednesday massacres, Amal Ghandour mulls the future of Lebanon.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

Dear Souseh: Incandescent with Rage

For this final iteration of the column before it goes on hiatus, Souseh writes a letter to herself.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Lina Mounzer

The Art of Giving: Relief Efforts in Beirut

Six years into Lebanon’s collapse, Beirut’s cultural centers struggle to cope with an unprecedented displacement crisis.

17 APRIL 2026 • By Jim Quilty

Four Women in Berlin

At a Berlin residency, a Gazan writer finds unexpected kinship among women bound by cross-border grief.

17 APRIL 2026 • By Alaa Alqaisi

Will Israel Move From Apartheid to Democracy?

Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man offer an idealistic framework to break the stalemate in Palestine.

17 APRIL 2026 • By Mya Guarnieri
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6 March 2026 • By Lara Vergnaud

Of Mother Tongues and Sleeping Orchids

Mother tongues, endlessly chimeric, endlessly beguiling, can become both dangerous baggage and precious commodity.

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Ojalá: Toward an Illiteracy of Liberation

In the wake of genocide, a Palestinian American loses her words — until she finds her way in another tongue.

6 March 2026 • By Sarah Aziza
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Universal Words, the Art of Mariem Abutaleb

In which a young artist goes beyond words, beyond language, to create meaning with signs and symbols of her own creation.

6 March 2026 • By Naima Morelli
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“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Shahé Mankerian

Shira Wolfe on Jugoslovenska Kinoteka

Shira Wolfe's cinematic poetry reads like scenes from a movie, describing a period of her life spent in Belgrade...

1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Shira Wolfe

Columns

Civil War In Lebanon? A Mad Prospect Looms Again

In her biweekly column, following Israel's Black Wednesday massacres, Amal Ghandour mulls the future of Lebanon.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

Dear Souseh: Incandescent with Rage

For this final iteration of the column before it goes on hiatus, Souseh writes a letter to herself.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Lina Mounzer

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