Lina Mounzer

is a Lebanese writer and translatorShe has been a contributor to many prominent publications including the Paris Review, Freeman’s, Washington Postand The Baffler, as well as in the anthologies Tales of Two Planets (Penguin 2020), and Best American Essays 2022 (Harper Collins 2022). She is Senior Editor at The Markaz Review.

Dear Souseh: Sometimes I Feel Like a Childless Mother

Dear Souseh: Sometimes I Feel Like a Childless Mother

Many women and men long to raise children of their own, but is it primordial to be a...

20 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Dear Souseh: Curvy and Confused

Dear Souseh: Curvy and Confused

Women's bodies have always been policed but Souseh reminds us that we don't have to buy into the...

23 JANUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Controlled Demolition: an Epistolary Review

Controlled Demolition: an Epistolary Review

Author Ammiel Alcalay defies categorization in his latest book (in fact four), producing a work that is both...

16 JANUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
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
Dear Souseh: Stuck Between Families

Dear Souseh: Stuck Between Families

Forbidden or taboo love? In a world where we live free, how could such stymied conventions continue to...

24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Longing for Love in a Time of Genocide

Longing for Love in a Time of Genocide

A woman living in the capital of the United States during fascism and genocide nonetheless yearns for a...

26 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
All the Old Fears

All the Old Fears

Mohammad Rabie conducts a poignant self-examination, reflecting on a lifetime of fear.

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Mohammad Rabie, Lina Mounzer
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
Why Out of Our Minds?

Why Out of Our Minds?

Our senior editor in Beirut, Lina Mounzer, relates intimately to the theme of TMR 53, having experienced civil...

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Body Shaming—Woes of the Motherland

Body Shaming—Woes of the Motherland

How do you practice self-acceptance the next time your mother admonishes you over a cookie or your body...

22 AUGUST 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
“Why Bother?” Dear Souseh, Existential Advice for Third World Problems

“Why Bother?” Dear Souseh, Existential Advice for Third World Problems

What do you do when an old friend continues to disappoint, when it comes to the matter of...

25 JULY 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
A Medical Gaze at the Grand Multiparas

A Medical Gaze at the Grand Multiparas

A doctor writes on the grand multiparas — women who have given birth five or more times.

4 JULY 2025 • By Sarah Shaheen, Lina Mounzer
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