TMR 40
PARIS
Editor Jordan Elgrably muses on a PARIS issue mostly from the viewpoint of its Arab and Middle Eastern residents.
- TMR 40
- Editorial
Why Paris?
Jordan Elgrably explores a PARIS issue from the perspective of Arab and Middle Eastern residents.
- TMR 40
- CENTERPIECE
Past Disquiet at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris
Curators Rasha Salti and Kristine Khouri have assembled a formidable exhibition on museums and solidarity movements using art and protest.
1 April 2024 • By Kristine Khouri- TMR 40
- Featured Artist
Bani Khoshnoudi: Featured Artist for PARIS
Bani Khoshnoudi's work is often inhabited by displacement and uprooting, explore themes of exile, modernity and its violences, memory and the invisible.
1 April 2024 • By TMRMORE FROM THIS ISSUE
Nass El Ghiwane’s Moroccan Folk, Radical Politics, Forged in Paris
Paris provided the grit and opportunity for Nass el Ghiwane to hone a new sound that would rock the Magreb and Europe, writes Benjamin Jones.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY BENJAMIN JONES
Paris, Abstraction and the Art of Yvette Achkar
Arie Amaya-Akkermans delves into Yvette Achkar's compelling artwork depicting the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY ARIE AMAYA-AKKERMANS
When Fatma Haddad Became “Baya”—a Paris Art Story
Baya was among first Algerian artists recognized in Paris. Though labeled naïve, her art remains influential and enduring.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY NAIMA MORELLI
“Paris of the Middle East”—fiction by MK Harb
With tarot cards and a recipe for pickled turnips, Beirutis bid farewell to yet another friend leaving on a “talent passport” to somewhere else.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY MK HARB
Holding Back the Bobos: Portrait of Paris’ Belleville
In Paris, Belleville struggles to hang on to its immigrant roots while the world's cities gentrify and price out working-class populations.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY COLE STANGLER
Undoing Colonial Geographies from Paris with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
With genocidal violence raging in Gaza and muzzling of pro-Palestinian voices throughout France, Ariella Azoulay's word is now inescapable.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY SASHA MOUJAES
Happy as an Arab in Paris
Wanis El Kabbaj fondly reminisces about his father's elation while in Paris and the profound significance the city held for him.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY WANIS EL KABBAJ
Feurat Alani: Paris, Fallujah and Recovered Memory
Feurat Alani, a French novelist of Iraqi descent, succeeds in capturing the connections between two disparate cultural spheres.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY NADA GHOSN
Our Favorite Arab/Middle Eastern Restaurants in Paris
Our writers share some of their preferred dining establishments in Paris, where cuisines of the Middle East and North Africa take pride of place.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY TMR
They/Them: Identify Yourself Immediately
The mechanical obligation to reveal one's origin during French conversation is not only tedious, but downright boring, writes Sabah Haider.
1 APRIL 2024 • BY SABAH HAIDER
The Arab Writer in Paris; Paris in the Arab Writer
Coline Houssais explores the rich tapestry of Arab literature intertwined with the poetic allure of Paris.
31 MARCH 2024 • BY COLINE HOUSSAIS
The Arab Paris Middle East Book List
Dive into the rich tapestry of literature by Francophone writers from the Middle East with this curated reading list.
31 MARCH 2024 • BY TMR