Book Reviews

Yassini Girls—a Powerful Yet Flawed Account of Historical Trauma

Yassini Girls—a Powerful Yet Flawed Account of Historical Trauma

Natasha Tynes reviews a Palestinian novel that thoughtfully examines intergenerational trauma, making it an insightful and worthwhile read.

31 JANUARY 2025 • By Natasha Tynes
No Place to Be: On Wadih Saadeh’s A Horse at the Door

No Place to Be: On Wadih Saadeh’s A Horse at the Door

Alex Tan reviews the new chronology of poems from Lebanon's bard of war and exile, Wadih Saadeh, translated...

24 JANUARY 2025 • By Alex Tan
Radwa Ashour’s Classic Granada Now in a New English Edition

Radwa Ashour’s Classic Granada Now in a New English Edition

Ashour’s "Granada" trilogy arrives during the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and a long arc completes...

17 JANUARY 2025 • By Guy Mannes-Abbott
In Killing Gilda Yahya Gharagozlou Tells an Intriguing Iranian Tale

In Killing Gilda Yahya Gharagozlou Tells an Intriguing Iranian Tale

A review of a book that offers a portrait of a royal dynasty whose decline has significantly shaped...

10 JANUARY 2025 • By Azadeh Moaveni
Art History and the United Arab Emirates

Art History and the United Arab Emirates

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.

10 JANUARY 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
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ﻣﺎﺫﺍ ﻧﻔﻌﻞ ﺑﺘﻌﺒﻴﺮﺍﺕ ﺍﻟﻜﺂﺑﺔ ﺃﻭ ﺍﻻﻛﺘﺌﺎﺏ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺎﺳﻲ ﺃﻭ ﺍﻟﻴﺄﺱ ﻓﻲ ﻟﺤﻈﺔ ﻭﺟﻮﺩ ﺃﺳﺒﺎﺏ ﻛﺜﻴﺮﺓ ﻟﻠﺸﻌﻮﺭ ﺑﻤﺎ ﻻ ﻳُﻮﺻﻒ...

23 DECEMBER 2024 • By كاتي لوجان
Maya Abu Al-Hayyat’s Defiant Exploration of Palestinian Life

Maya Abu Al-Hayyat’s Defiant Exploration of Palestinian Life

Zahra Hankir reviews Hazem Jamjoum's English translation of Palestinian novelist Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's novel "No One Knows Their...

20 DECEMBER 2024 • By Zahra Hankir
Criticizing a Militaristic Israel is not Inherently Antisemitic

Criticizing a Militaristic Israel is not Inherently Antisemitic

The conflation of antisemitism with political criticism of Israel not only stifles free speech; it makes Jews less...

20 DECEMBER 2024 • By Stephen Rohde
30 Recommended Books on Syria

30 Recommended Books on Syria

TMR editors have compiled a list of 30 of their favorite titles on Syria, including novels, nonfiction and...

13 DECEMBER 2024 • By TMR
Barrack Zailaa Rima’s Beirut Resists Categorization

Barrack Zailaa Rima’s Beirut Resists Categorization

Rima offers readers an understanding of Beirut as both a single city and a city multiplied, a geographic...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Katie Logan
December World Picks from the Editors

December World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...

29 NOVEMBER 2024 • By TMR
مراجعة كتاب «إعلام الجماهير»: أشرطة الكاسيت التي استحوذت يومًا على الثقافة الشعبية في مصر

مراجعة كتاب «إعلام الجماهير»: أشرطة الكاسيت التي استحوذت يومًا على الثقافة الشعبية في مصر

.تكتب مريم النزهي مراجعة لكتاب «إعلام الجماهير» لأندرو سايمون، يناقش الكتاب شريط الكاسيت وتأثيره وانتشاره في مصر

4 NOVEMBER 2024 • By مريم النزهي
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