Literature and Arts from the Center of the World
TMR reviews a film on discrimination in Israel and the original Jews of the Middle East and North Africa. The Forgotten Ones screened in October’s annual CINEMED festival in Montpellier and screens in the DOC NYC Fest on 11/09 (press screening), 11/14 and 11/15. More info.
Mischa Geracoulis interviews political historian Maria Armoudian about her newest book, Lawyers Beyond Borders, Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts.
Rana Asfour, Book Editor at The Markaz Review, and the TMR Bookgroup talk to author Omar El Akkad about his second novel What Strange Paradise.
A.J. Naddaff Between the Parliament and the Royal Pathway in the center of Brussels, not too far from the touristic Grand Place, there is a park with two parallel… Continue reading The Anguish of Being Lebanese: Interview with Author Racha Mounaged
From time to time, TMR reviews recent titles published in other languages, to give readers insight before they become available in English. A.J. Naddaff One of the most… Continue reading Racha Mounaged’s Debut Novel Captures Trauma of Lebanese Civil War
I knew this lockdown business was serious when they cancelled my convocation.
Gaza’s small size, its misery, and continued vulnerability belie its profound significance, which has always been misunderstood and overlooked—except by Israel.
With his letters from maximum security on death row, Tiyo Attallah Salah-El reveals what the prison experience is really like.
An excerpt from Sarah Mirk's graphic novel describes life in the infamous US prison in Cuba.
India Hixon Radfar reviews the newly-translated collection of poetry from a former prisoner in Syria.
An exclusive excerpt from the memoirs of Nawal Qasim Baidoun, the Lebanese militant imprisoned by Israel.
Ramzy Baroud writes of a whole generation of Palestinians in the West Bank who are caught up in an impossible dilemma.
Protests, jails and death characterize this short story set in Athen's Syntagma Square, the site of many 20th-century dramas.
A Syrian refugee successfully resettled in Brussels shares part of his story.
India Hixon Radfar reviews the first collection of poetry from Palestinian firebrand Mohammed El-Kurd.