Interviews

“It’s Not ‘Whatever’”: On Mother Tongue, Exile, and Inheritance

“It’s Not ‘Whatever’”: On Mother Tongue, Exile, and Inheritance

A Lebanese poet in California, Zeina Hashem Beck tends to the tension between Arabic and English, grief and...

6 MARCH 2026 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
Three Artists, Five Writers on Mother Tongues

Three Artists, Five Writers on Mother Tongues

TMR's Editor-in-Chief, curious about how people negotiate their identity between a mother tongue and other languages, asked a...

6 MARCH 2026 • By Jordan Elgrably
Prison and the Writer: Interview with Palestinian Nasser Abu Srour

Prison and the Writer: Interview with Palestinian Nasser Abu Srour

Palestinian writer Nasser Abu Srour, finally free after 32 years in Israeli prisons, speaks to interviewer Rebecca Ruth...

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
A Portrait of Nevhiz, Turkey’s Rebel Artist

A Portrait of Nevhiz, Turkey’s Rebel Artist

Since the '60s, Nevhiz's art has ranged from depictions of systemic violence against Turkey’s left to intimate explorations...

12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Selin Tamtekin
Artist Interview: Corinne Silva on Israeli Settlement Gardens in Palestine

Artist Interview: Corinne Silva on Israeli Settlement Gardens in Palestine

Through her photos, Silva reveals the extent of the violence dealt by deep, historic fractures in Palestinian land.

28 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
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
We, the Wanderers—Featured Artist El Mehdi Largo

We, the Wanderers—Featured Artist El Mehdi Largo

A Moroccan artist creates genre-defying art that critiques orientalist tropes.

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Naima Morelli
Novelist Jadd Hilal on Being French and Palestinian

Novelist Jadd Hilal on Being French and Palestinian

Jadd Hilal is French, Palestinian, and Lebanese. In this interview with TMR, he parses national identities.

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
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
Sara Shamma — Cleaving the World in Two

Sara Shamma — Cleaving the World in Two

After living in London and Beirut, Sara Shamma returned to Damascus, where her hyperrealistic paintings reflect the chaos...

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Food, Michael Fakhri, on Gaza

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Food, Michael Fakhri, on Gaza

Lina Mounzer interviews UN Special Rapporteur Michael Fakhri on Gaza, food and famine.

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Kaynuna: Interview with Mohammad Kassem on Kuwait’s Pavilion

Kaynuna: Interview with Mohammad Kassem on Kuwait’s Pavilion

A conversation with Mohammad Kassem, co-curator of the Kuwait Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale.

1 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
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