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NATIONALITY
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Why NATIONALITY?
Nationality: at the end of the day, we are richer for the diversity of our identities, and poorer for our divisions.
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The Grammar of Power: On Journalism, Grief, and the Stories That Break Us
This essay examines how grieving for Palestine is policed in classrooms, newsrooms, and across borders, revealing the cost of bearing witness.
7 November 2025 • By Adam Makary- TMR
- Interviews
We, the Wanderers—Featured Artist El Mehdi Largo
A Moroccan artist becomes Italian and then Arab, all while creating art that critiques orientalist tropes, and having fun along the way.
7 November 2025 • By Naima MorelliMORE FROM THIS ISSUE
Home — a State of Restlessness?
Neemah Ahamed explores what home means when one's life is upended and what once held cherished emotions disintegrates.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY NEEMAH AHAMED
On Identity—Ayşegül Savaş’ Long Distance
Rome-based filmmaker Amy Omar explores the short stories of a Turkish writer living in Paris who turns cities into characters themselves.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY AMY OMAR
“Paranoia”—a story from Afghanistan
Haunted by fear and fragile hope, two couples cross the Afghan capital and accidentally meet. Where is the common ground between them?
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY PARAND
Novelist Jadd Hilal on Being French and Palestinian
Jadd Hilal is French of Palestinian and Lebanese heritage. In this interview with Lara Vergnaud, he parses national identities.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY LARA VERGNAUD
The Non-Citizen Gulf Resident Novel: An Emergent Genre?
Non-citizen Gulf residents are rarely depicted in media or literature, but two new novels may change all that.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY GAAR ADAMS
The Absent Homeland
Maysaa Alajjan describes having lived in one homeland that never accepted her, and belonging to another she never knew.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY MAYSAA ALAJJAN
Myth and Migration in the Work of Dalia Al-Dujaili
Al-Dujaili shows that crises like migrant detention, colonialism, and climate change connect us and reveal our shared humanity.
6 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY NOSHIN BOKTH
Sultana to the Rescue
A lonely Lebanese writer welcomes a poor woman into his home, unwittingly realizing that it is she who is saving him.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY MK HARB
Love and Other Obstacles: When a Palestinian and an Israeli Get Married
A romance between an Israeli woman and her Palestinian partner ultimately builds a case for one state where everyone has equal rights.
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • BY ANNA LEKAS MILLER