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In Lebanon, It’s Business as Usual

In Lebanon, It’s Business as Usual

In her biweekly column, Amal Ghandour calls out the failures of the Lebanese state and its complacent citizens.

21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Dear Souseh: Bummed-Out Bestie

Dear Souseh: Bummed-Out Bestie

Between old friends with widely divergent destinies, how does one break up, and when is the right time...

21 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
İlhan Sami Çomak: 3 Poems and an Interview

İlhan Sami Çomak: 3 Poems and an Interview

An interview with former prisoner and Kurdish poet İlhan Sami Çomak, on the eve of the Day of...

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Öykü Tekten
The Three-Legged Cat—Istanbul’s 18th Biennale

The Three-Legged Cat—Istanbul’s 18th Biennale

Amidst a society in turmoil, and the city's mayor in jail, the 18th Istanbul Biennial resonates with the...

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Nat Muller
Agri Ismaïl’s Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible

Agri Ismaïl’s Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible

Kurdish writer Agri Ismaïl’s debut novel is nothing short of a literary miracle, suggests reviewer Aryan Omar Hassan.

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Aryan Omar Hassan
Contemporary Kurdish Writers in the Diaspora

Contemporary Kurdish Writers in the Diaspora

A new book highlights how Kurdish female and non-binary writers challenge norms and push boundaries.

14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Matt Broomfield
How Much Do We Miss Umm Khulthum?

How Much Do We Miss Umm Khulthum?

Thinking about icons past and present, Amal Ghandour remembers Egypt's "Star of the East" on the 50th anniversary...

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Interview: Annemarie Jacir on Palestine 36

Interview: Annemarie Jacir on Palestine 36

To understand Palestine, argues writer-director Annemarie Jacir, you have to go back to the first decades of the...

31 OCTOBER 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Birth of an Occupation: Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36

Birth of an Occupation: Annemarie Jacir’s Palestine 36

Annemarie Jacir’s new film is big-tent entertainment, accented by a critical history of Anglo-Zionist collusion between the wars.

31 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jim Quilty
November World Picks from the Editors

November World Picks from the Editors

Online panel discussions, films, exhibitions, books and more … TMR World Picks span the gamut.

31 OCTOBER 2025 • By TMR
Sudan Retold: Three Painters, Three Ways of Seeing a Shattered Homeland

Sudan Retold: Three Painters, Three Ways of Seeing a Shattered Homeland

"Sudan Retold," co-curated by Albaih and Fuhrmann, opened at Alhosh Gallery in Doha, focusing on wartime cultural definitions.

24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Respite: Lull As Life

Respite: Lull As Life

Respite, please, from genocide and famine in Gaza, but not from torment and heartbreak. Respite, please, for whatever...

24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
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