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Ashour’s "Granada" trilogy arrives during the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and a long arc completes...
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10 JANUARY 2025 • By Azadeh Moaveni
Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.
10 JANUARY 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
Zahra Hankir reviews Hazem Jamjoum's English translation of Palestinian novelist Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's novel "No One Knows Their...
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The conflation of antisemitism with political criticism of Israel not only stifles free speech; it makes Jews less...
20 DECEMBER 2024 • By Stephen Rohde
TMR editors have compiled a list of 30 of their favorite titles on Syria, including novels, nonfiction and...
13 DECEMBER 2024 • By TMR
Nihad Sherif's 1972 novel is a pioneering Arabic sci-fi work on human cryopreservation, with prose reminiscent of Mahfouz...
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Nihad Sherif
The Arabic crime novel can't compete with more popular genres including satire, horror, or historical fiction, but that...
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Marcia Lynx Qualey
Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he...
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Khairy Shalaby
Rima offers readers an understanding of Beirut as both a single city and a city multiplied, a geographic...
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Katie Logan
An inmate in Manus prison who suffers the inhospitable conditions with the rest of the inmates finds solace...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Omid Tofighian
