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June World Picks from the Editors

June World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

30 MAY 2025 • By TMR
The End of Civilization as We Know It — a Catastrophology

The End of Civilization as We Know It — a Catastrophology

A review of how some of history’s greatest civilizations' collapse presents ominous parallels with our present predicament.

23 MAY 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
23 Hours Inside State Dept. Press Briefings on the Gaza Genocide

23 Hours Inside State Dept. Press Briefings on the Gaza Genocide

The curator of the "Art of the Palestinian Poster" exhibition interviews two documentarians on their film "A Bunch...

23 MAY 2025 • By Malu Halasa
Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Dear Souseh: I Can’t Follow a Loved One Down the Rabbit Hole

Souseh answers a letter from a reader wondering how to handle her younger sister, who is enamored of...

23 MAY 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Arrested and Rearrested: Palestinian Women in the West Bank

Arrested and Rearrested: Palestinian Women in the West Bank

Since October 7, Palestinian women in the West Bank have experienced increasing intimidation, imprisonment and violence.

16 MAY 2025 • By Lynzy Billing
Algerian-French Author Kamel Daoud on the Defensive

Algerian-French Author Kamel Daoud on the Defensive

Embattled Algerian-French author Kamel Daoud won France’s most prestigious literary prize for a story he is accused of...

16 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Contretemps, a Bold Film on Lebanon’s Crises

Contretemps, a Bold Film on Lebanon’s Crises

Filmmaker Ghassan Salhab presents an immersive study of Lebanese youth, the silent isolation of mortality, and resistance.

16 MAY 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

May 15, 2025 is the 77th commemoration of the Nakba, the day in 1948 that Palestinians suffered their...

15 MAY 2025 • By TMR
A World in Crisis: Deep Vellum’s Best Literary Translations 2025

A World in Crisis: Deep Vellum’s Best Literary Translations 2025

This anthology, while celebrating last year's best literary translations, aims to highlight writing from and about a world...

9 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha who grew up in Gaza under the bombs has won the 2025...

9 MAY 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home

Djinns Unveils Silence in the Home

Djinns emerge in a fractured home in Istanbul, reflecting the intercultural and intergenerational tensions in Fatma Aydemir’s family...

9 MAY 2025 • By Elena Pare
The Pen and the Sword — Censorship Threatens Us All

The Pen and the Sword — Censorship Threatens Us All

Anna Badkhen argues that the moral bankruptcy of American intellectuals…will only kick us down the hole deeper, faster.

2 MAY 2025 • By Anna Badkhen
 
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