TMR
MEDITERRANEANS
- TMR
- Editorial
The Many Mediterraneans
The Mediterranean, generative yet unstable, is a site of passage and border, a space of paradise and ruin.
- TMR
- Centerpiece
Don’t Forget to Say I Love You: Notes on Water
A daughter recalls her father’s near-loss in a river, following the water outward into what the Mediterranean remembers.
1 May 2026 • By Gabriela Mitrushi- TMR
- Art
Artist Kaïs Dhifi on the Mediterranean as an Island
Dhifi, an artist who embraces imperfection and chance, talks about his latest concept, an inverted Mediterranean.
1 May 2026 • By Naima MorelliMORE FROM THIS ISSUE
“Paradise”—a short story
In this quietly devastating short story set in Gaza, the sea offers a fleeting illusion of paradise — before the war returns.
1 MAY 2026 • BY AISHA ABDEL GAWAD
Leyla Çağlı: A Turkish Poet’s Enduring Voice
Çağlı’s poems travel across magical seas and through centuries.
1 MAY 2026 • BY LEYLA ÇAğLı
The Dying Seas—What Have We Done?
A writer ponders the accelerating demise of the world's oldest inhabited seas.
1 MAY 2026 • BY IASON ATHANASIADIS
The Mediterranean Seen from Lebanon
Noor Obeid's memories make up her artist archive as she illustrates life in Lebanon, past and present.
1 MAY 2026 • BY NOOR OBEID
Zones of Exclusion
Mount Athos and a scrolling screen collapse into a shifting sea of image and memory.
1 MAY 2026 • BY XLOI KARNEZI
A Sunken Tale—Larissa Sansour on Colonial Theft
In this film, conventional narratives and terms are cleverly subverted to explore dislocation and more.
1 MAY 2026 • BY JIM QUILTY
Tangerinn—an excerpt
In a crowded bar on the Calabrian coast, love and shame grow side by side.
1 MAY 2026 • BY EMANUELA ANECHOUM
Visions of the Mediterranean from Morocco
An artist and "artivist" from Larache, Morocco shares two paintings that reflect his perceptions of life along the Med.
1 MAY 2026 • BY MOHAMED EL METMARI
Tunisian Girl—a short on Lina Ben Mhenni
A short documentary that follows the inspirational and extraordinary life of Tunisian blogger and activist Lina Ben Mhenni.
1 MAY 2026 • BY AMIE WILLIAMS
“Last Glance at the Bosphorus”—a short story
A ferry ride across the Bosphorus becomes a reckoning with a life left behind.
1 MAY 2026 • BY NEKTARIA ANASTASIADOU
Three Poems from Roma Roam, by Nathalie Handal
Speaking from a crossroads of Mediterranean migration and diaspora — Rome — these poems ask urgent if unanswerable questions.
1 MAY 2026 • BY NATHALIE HANDAL
Life and Death in the Art of Dalel Ouasli
Her work recounts the mythistorema of the Mediterranean, from ancient origins to contemporary narratives.
1 MAY 2026 • BY JORDAN ELGRABLY
The Mediterranean in Books
Each book listed explores the Mediterranean in its own way; sometimes it commands center stage, at others, it lingers in the background.
1 MAY 2026 • BY RANA ASFOUR