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“Call After Her”—a short story

“Call After Her”—a short story

The relationship between a lonely man and his eccentric cleaner blurs into something more intimate and ambiguous.

8 MAY 2026 • By Nur Turkmani
Algerian Mother Tongues—the Music of Amel Zen and IWAL

Algerian Mother Tongues—the Music of Amel Zen and IWAL

In Algeria, singer-songwriter Amel Zen and the group Iwal write and perform in their indigenous Dahri and Chaoui.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Sana Herireche
Civil War In Lebanon? A Mad Prospect Looms Again

Civil War In Lebanon? A Mad Prospect Looms Again

In her biweekly column, following Israel's Black Wednesday massacres, Amal Ghandour mulls the future of Lebanon.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Dear Souseh: Incandescent with Rage

Dear Souseh: Incandescent with Rage

For this final iteration of the column before it goes on hiatus, Souseh writes a letter to herself.

24 APRIL 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
The Art of Giving: Relief Efforts in Beirut

The Art of Giving: Relief Efforts in Beirut

Six years into Lebanon’s collapse, Beirut’s cultural centers struggle to cope with an unprecedented displacement crisis.

17 APRIL 2026 • By Jim Quilty
Four Women in Berlin

Four Women in Berlin

At a Berlin residency, a Gazan writer finds unexpected kinship among women bound by cross-border grief.

17 APRIL 2026 • By Alaa Alqaisi
Will Israel Move From Apartheid to Democracy?

Will Israel Move From Apartheid to Democracy?

Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man offer an idealistic framework to break the stalemate in Palestine.

17 APRIL 2026 • By Mya Guarnieri
Creating Art in Times of War

Creating Art in Times of War

TMR asked writers and artists what motivation can remain, in times of war, to write or create art?...

10 APRIL 2026 • By TMR
A Ledger of Destruction, A Sisterhood of Grief and Grievance

A Ledger of Destruction, A Sisterhood of Grief and Grievance

Amal Ghandour takes the measure of Israel's assaults on Lebanon in the present ceasefire.

10 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Fragments of Beirut in Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me

Fragments of Beirut in Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me

Rather than offer a linear retelling of Lebanon’s history, the film draws our attention to the internal rhymes...

10 APRIL 2026 • By Darío Karim Pomar Azar
Apples and Oranges, or Why the US Supports Israel

Apples and Oranges, or Why the US Supports Israel

Why does the U.S. continue funding Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of international...

3 APRIL 2026 • By Jason Hickel
The Souls of War Folk

The Souls of War Folk

The civilizational supremacy of the West is under threat, insisted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a...

3 APRIL 2026 • By Ayça Çubukçu
 
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