TMR 25
HEROINES
In the new issue of TMR, the editors present their case for everyday women achieving the extraordinary as they overcome adversity.
- TMR 25
- Editorial
You Don’t Have to Be A Super Hero to Be a Heroine
In the new issue of TMR, the editors present their case for everyday women achieving the extraordinary as they overcome adversity.
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The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”
The ultimate heroine of Iranian poetry, a poet of great audacity and extraordinary talent, is Forugh Farrokhzad.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY TAYLOR MILLER
You Don’t Have to Be A Super Hero to Be a Heroine
In the new issue of TMR, the editors present their case for everyday women achieving the extraordinary as they overcome adversity.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY TMR
“Anarkali, or Six Early Deaths in Lahore”—fiction by Farah Ahamed
Farah Ahamed finds in the unsung working class Anarkali a heroine for the ages.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY FARAH AHAMED
#MahsaAmini—Art by Rachid Bouhamidi, Los Angeles
In HEROINES, artist Rachid Bouhamidi pays homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in Iran.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY RACHID BOUHAMIDI
Courage and Conviction—short short fiction from khulud khamis
In too many places around the world, the public space still belongs to men, and women often find themselves having to navigate their space.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY KHULUD KHAMIS
Homage to Mahsa Jhina Amini & the Women-Led Call for Freedom
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15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY
What the Iran Protests Mean for Us—Kamin Mohammadi
British-Iranian writer Kamin Mohammadi is a keen observer of the women-led movement that is roiling Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY KAMIN MOHAMMADI
“Ride On, Shooting Star”—fiction from May Haddad
In May Haddad's short story, Carna’ is a spacefaring mail carrier fed up with working for the Universal Courier Service who journeys to the edge of the universe.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY MAY HADDAD
Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat
When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY SARA MOKHAVAT
Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance
Nora Lester Murad talks to Palestinian co-authors Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri about "They Called Me a Lioness."
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY YOUSSEF RAKHA
On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together
Laëtitia Soula talks to an imam, a pastor and a rabbi, all women, who sat down to write a book together melding feminism and religion.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY TUGRUL MENDE
“Malika,” an excerpt from Abdellah Taïa’s Vivre à ta lumìere
In this excerpt from a chapter in his latest novel in French, Abdellah Taïa pays homage to his mother, his favorite heroine.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY ABDELLAH TAïA
The Life of Malika in Vivre à ta lumière
Jean-Philippe Cazier reviews the latest novel in French from Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa, written in memory of his mother.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY RANDA ABOUBAKR
The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium: Decolonizing the Western Gaze
Salma Ahmad Caller reflects on curating a unique museum-quality exhibition of postcards and objects orientalizing women
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY SALMA AHMAD CALLER
Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK
Facing death threats from the Houthis, minister of education Nadia Al-Sakkaf, editor in chief of the Yemen Times, flees Yemen.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY NADIA AL-SAKKAF
Zoulikha, Forgotten Freedom Fighter of the Algerian War
Fouad Mami meditates on a nearly forgotten heroine of Algeria's war for independence, who was memorialzied in an Assia Djebar novel.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY FOUAD MAMI
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison
Ibrahim Fawzy remembers the late, great Egyptian feminist author, doctor and activist Nawal El-Saadawi.
15 OCTOBER 2022 • BY IBRAHIM FAWZY