Interviews

The Infrastructure of Truth: A Conversation with Assal Rad

The Infrastructure of Truth: A Conversation with Assal Rad

A historian talks about the reckoning happening now—three years into a genocide—and where we might be headed. 

25 SEPTEMBER 2026 • By TMR
Seven Questions with Karim Kattan

Seven Questions with Karim Kattan

A Palestinian novelist and poet reflects on the problems, pleasures, and peculiarities of writing fiction today.

18 SEPTEMBER 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Behind the Story: Barâa Arar on “The Dentist’s Son”

Behind the Story: Barâa Arar on “The Dentist’s Son”

An interview with the author of "The Dentist's Son" on the themes and writing of the story.

18 SEPTEMBER 2026 • By TMR
“Today is Better Than Tomorrow”: Survival in Anbar

“Today is Better Than Tomorrow”: Survival in Anbar

Kali Rubaii explores how Iraqi farmers endure despite U.S. military intervention, as they repair their war-damaged homeland.

17 JULY 2026 • By Nazli Tarzi
The Impossible Return: A Conversation with Tareq Baconi

The Impossible Return: A Conversation with Tareq Baconi

A conversation between writers unfolds into a meditation on exile, memory, and how history inhabits our most private...

10 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Border as Fiction: A Conversation with Shady Lewis

Border as Fiction: A Conversation with Shady Lewis

Lewis, fresh off his win of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, reflects on borders, bureaucracy, and more.

12 JUNE 2026 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
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
Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky on Migrants, Racism, and Hope

Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky on Migrants, Racism, and Hope

An unorthodox family forged by crisis, three African women living together in Tunis, shelters a young shipwreck survivor.

27 MARCH 2026 • By Karim Goury
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
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
 
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