Book Reviews

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
The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age

The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age

Iason Athanasiadis talks to Petra Molnar about her new book on automated decision-making technologies that facilitate institutional violence...

18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Iason Athanasiadis
The Hybrid—The Case of Michael Vatikiotis

The Hybrid—The Case of Michael Vatikiotis

Rana Haddad interviews hybrid hopscotching writer Michael Vatikiotis on his colorful life and work spanning continents.

18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Rana Haddad
Courage and Compassion, a Memoir of War and its Aftermath

Courage and Compassion, a Memoir of War and its Aftermath

Nektaria Anastasiadou reviews polyglot Tony Molho's memoir about the Holocaust in Greece and his family history.

18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
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