These on-the-ground notes from Iran reject oversimplification and one-sided narratives: "There is layer upon layer."
23 JANUARY 2026 • By M. Nateqnuri
Women's bodies have always been policed but Souseh reminds us that we don't have to buy into the narrative.
23 JANUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Despite its strong performances and scenography, Rajiv Joseph's play remains a western telling of the Iraq War.
23 JANUARY 2026 • By Nazli Tarzi
Neshat’s work reminds us that Iran has always contained multitudes: radical artists, secular thinkers, feminists, modernists.
16 JANUARY 2026 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Author Ammiel Alcalay defies categorization in his latest book (in fact four), producing a work that is both timely and timeless.
16 JANUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
In this dissection of Trumpian spectacle, TMR columnist Amal Ghandour digs into the root (evil) of Empire.
16 JANUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Ironically, one of India’s most famous modern painters, M.F. Husain, died outside India, as a citizen of Qatar.
09 JANUARY 2026 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Books featuring those Edward Said called marginals: exiles, expatriates, outcasts, rebels, the dispossessed...
09 JANUARY 2026 • By Zia Ahmed
Provoking the Territory subverts readers' expectations as it reveals how an architect was shaped by Beirut.
09 JANUARY 2026 • By Bridget Peak
Bakri's life and roles unfolded as a powerful kind of metatheatre, elevating him to the status of a national hero.
02 JANUARY 2026 • By Hadani Ditmars
With the Ghassaniya, a renovated theatre in Homs, a devastated Syrian community continues to rebuild after years of civil war.
02 JANUARY 2026 • By Iason Athanasiadis
In two recent developments, Amal Ghandour sees a comical comeuppance and hints of change on the political horizon.
02 JANUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
