The Impossible Return: A Conversation with Tareq Baconi
A conversation between writers unfolds into a meditation on exile, memory, and how history inhabits our most private lives.
Assailed and Abandoned in the Levant
A columnist turns her keen eye to the almost absurd evolution of the framework hammered out between Lebanon and US-backed Israel.
The Passive Voice of Light: On Grief and Imperial Grammar
A Palestinian teacher remembers the sister who taught her the passive voice, not knowing that grammar would be used to erase her.
مقتطف من رواية اتخدعنا لدينا شحاته
عن طارق وبورسعيد، المدينة التي شهدت التحولات الكبرى، والرجل الذي ظن نفسه منتصرًا على طول الطريق، لكنه يدرك الآن أن كل ما سبق كان خدعة. مقتطف من أحدث روايات دينا شحاته.
Women’s Art After the Women’s War
A women’s movement moved from the battlefield to the arts, platforming Kurdish and regional folklore in the process.
Beheşt: On the Politics of Yearning
Blending poetry and essay, a Kurdish writer examines statelessness, Kurdish identity, and the emotional landscape of exile.
Kurdistan: The Book List
An informed selection of books that opens a window into the vibrant world of Kurdish life, identity, and creativity.
Hawar—A Cry for Kurdistan
TMR guest editor Aryan Omar Hassan shares the inspiration for the title of our newest issue, and his experiences in the Kurdish diaspora.
“The Great Mother’s Vigil”—fiction
After a grieving mother is gunned down, seven children become the custodians of a village’s shattered memory.
Kurdish Language at a Crossroads: An Interview with Jaffer Sheyholislami
The future of the Kurdish language depends on mother-tongue education, expanded literacy, and — possibly — digital tools.
My Uncle Jamshid—excerpted from Bachtyar Ali’s novel
This powerful tale of a man freed from prison asks: What if surviving torture meant never quite returning to earth?
The Markaz Review Tour of Kurdish Artists & Photographers
Kurdish artists occupy a fascinating locus in global culture, spread across four countries and a large diaspora in Europe and North America.