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Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Forgotten offers a profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time.

4 JULY 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
Ignoring the Drones: Introduction to Freedom to Read

Ignoring the Drones: Introduction to Freedom to Read

TMR's literary editor gives insight and nuance to our Summer 2025 double literary issue.

4 JULY 2025 • By Malu Halasa
“Bleating”—a short story by Eman Al Yousuf

“Bleating”—a short story by Eman Al Yousuf

After many years of being tormented, a man finally seeks revenge against past aggressors who have long since...

4 JULY 2025 • By Eman Al Yousuf
Are We As Free To Read Books As We Think?

Are We As Free To Read Books As We Think?

We're not quite at "Fahrenheit 451" where books in pyres are burned in public, but our freedom to...

4 JULY 2025 • By Yasmina Jraissati
“My Choices Are My Downfall”—a short story by Fadi Zaghmout

“My Choices Are My Downfall”—a short story by Fadi Zaghmout

What happens when a human-robot relationship forms? In near-future Dubai, an accident in a skyscraper holds the key...

4 JULY 2025 • By Fadi Zaghmout
“Space Imam”—a story by Hassan Blasim

“Space Imam”—a story by Hassan Blasim

A story excerpted from Hassan Blasim’s forthcoming collection entitled "The Buried," to be published at the end of...

4 JULY 2025 • By Hassan Blasim
“Waving at the Sky”—a story by Nahla Karam

“Waving at the Sky”—a story by Nahla Karam

Two women on the mend in the hospital, one a wife and mother, the other pining for a...

4 JULY 2025 • By Nahla Karam
Why Mezze?

Why Mezze?

June’s issue features essays, reviews, and fiction—highlighting Lina Mounzer’s centerpiece and Hadani Ditmars’ art story.

6 JUNE 2025 • By TMR
Mama’s Kitchen

Mama’s Kitchen

A writer looks back on formative memories in the kitchen and wonders about the value of women’s work.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Iraq’s Kurdish Genocide and Three Wars: Artists Osman Ahmed & Fakher Mohammed

Iraq’s Kurdish Genocide and Three Wars: Artists Osman Ahmed & Fakher Mohammed

A joint Arab/Kurdish exhibition at Baghdad’s The Gallery showcased how the nation’s two solitudes can unite through art.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Victorious Decolonization in the Work of Joyce Joumaa

Victorious Decolonization in the Work of Joyce Joumaa

Lebanese Canadian writer and visual artist Joyce Joumaa’s videos demonstrate that the colonized are not passive recipients of...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Aidan Simardone
Always Beware of Dogs by Samir Kacimi — An Excerpt

Always Beware of Dogs by Samir Kacimi — An Excerpt

Creatively blending elements of fantasy, Kacimi offers readers a fresh lens onto contemporary life in Algeria.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Samir Kacimi
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