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Life Under the Shadow of Missiles: the View From Iran
A writer-artist sits in a café in Tehran with a failing internet connection, risking life and limb to send his observations to TMR.
Israel is Today’s Sparta: Middle East Wars Viewed from Iraq
Somewhere in Tehran, a child feels the same incomprehensible terror as foreign missiles fall, just as the writer once did in Baghdad.
Afraid for Our Children’s Future, How Do We Talk About War?
Souseh counsels hope and continued resistance to an anxious mother worried about her kids in dangerous times.
Cairo: A Downtown in Search of Lost Global City Status
A photo festival backed by a real estate developer puts the spotlight on Cairo's Downtown under transformation.
TMR 51 • MEZZE
Centerpiece
Mama’s Kitchen
A writer looks back on formative memories of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen and wonders about the value of women’s work — and whether love’s labor is ever truly lost.
Featured Artist
Iraq’s Kurdish Genocide and Three Wars: Artists Osman Ahmed & Fakher Mohammed
A joint Arab/Kurdish exhibition at Baghdad’s The Gallery showcased how the nation’s two solitudes can unite through art.
Poetry Markaz
Jawdat Fakreddine Presents Three Poems
A major name in Arabic poetry, Jawdat Fakhreddine establishes a revolutionary dialogue between international, modernist values and the Arabic tradition.
Judith Kiros Presents Two Poems from O
The work of Judith Kiros is "boundary-pushing poetry rich with references, as intellectual as it is playful."
TMR Interviews
Interview: Joe Sacco on Gaza
Joe Sacco uses his graphic storytelling in "War on Gaza" to reflect on the events in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
23 Hours Inside State Dept. Press Briefings on the Gaza Genocide
The curator of the "Art of the Palestinian Poster" exhibition interviews two documentarians on their film "A Bunch of Questions With No Answers."
Latest Essays & Fiction
نظرة إلى متعددة ولادات عظمى
تنظر سارة شاهين إلى مريضاتها نظرتين مترابطتين؛ واحدة كطبيبة تنظر إلى مريض، والأخرى كإنسانة تنظر إلى إنسان يخوض تجربة تحويلية. متحيرة بين النظرتين، تعلم أنهما…
Life Under the Shadow of Missiles: the View From Iran
A writer-artist sits in a café in Tehran with a failing internet connection, risking life and limb to send his observations to TMR.
Israel is Today’s Sparta: Middle East Wars Viewed from Iraq
Somewhere in Tehran, a child feels the same incomprehensible terror as foreign missiles fall, just as the writer once did in Baghdad.
Cairo: A Downtown in Search of Lost Global City Status
A photo festival backed by a real estate developer puts the spotlight on Cairo's Downtown under transformation.
مقال لسارة شاهين: لا مكان إلا القاهرة، لا حيلة مع القاهرة
عن القاهرة القديمة وشوارعها، تكتب سارة شاهين بلغة رصينة وممتعة في الوقت نفسه، من داخل أوتوبيس نقل عام، أو من «استقبال النساء»، تتغير نظرتها نحو…
Mama’s Kitchen
A writer looks back on formative memories of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen and wonders about the value of women’s work — and…