Book Reviews

Activism in the Landscape: Environmental Arts & Resistance in Palestine

Activism in the Landscape: Environmental Arts & Resistance in Palestine

The uprooting of olive trees by Israel is both symbolic and real, destroying Palestinians' right to live with...

4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Katie Logan
The Queer Arab Glossary —A Review

The Queer Arab Glossary —A Review

A book challenging myths and stereotypes about sexuality in the Arab world, exploring the language of queerness in...

27 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Bahi Ghubril
World Picks from the Editors: October

World Picks from the Editors: October

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

27 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By TMR
Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide by Atif Abu Saif

Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide by Atif Abu Saif

A Gaza diary that is a physician's personal testimony on life under excruciating, unrelenting bombardment, loss and hardship.

20 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Selma Dabbagh
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence in The Horrors of Adana

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence in The Horrors of Adana

A book addressing the Adana massacre and exploring the events and dynamics that lead to acts of violence...

20 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Sean Casey
Tragic Consequences—On Western Meddling in the Middle East

Tragic Consequences—On Western Meddling in the Middle East

Western democracies share responsibility for the political upheaval that has shaken the Middle East from the 20th century...

13 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Dina Rezk
Top 10 Books to Read this Fall

Top 10 Books to Read this Fall

Editors recommend their top ten titles to read this season, from novels set in Egypt, Zanzibar, Oman and...

13 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Rana Asfour
Egypt’s Gatekeeper—President or Despot?

Egypt’s Gatekeeper—President or Despot?

Maged Mandour’s new book examines El-Sisi's exercise and abuse of power in post-revolutionary Egypt.

6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Elias Feroz
Birth in a Poem: Maram Al-Masri’s The Abduction

Birth in a Poem: Maram Al-Masri’s The Abduction

When a mother loses her child she can become inconsolable, living a desolate life, as she works for...

23 AUGUST 2024 • By Eman Quotah
Woe to the Conquered: Selim Temo’s Nightlands

Woe to the Conquered: Selim Temo’s Nightlands

Kurdish poetry abounds but rarely appears in English. Jordan Elgrably reviews a bilingual English-Kurdish edition of Selim Temo's...

9 AUGUST 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Wandering and Endless Sorrow: Farhad Pirbal’s The Potato Eaters

Wandering and Endless Sorrow: Farhad Pirbal’s The Potato Eaters

Cory Oldweiler reviews the debut story collection by Farhad Pirbal, one of Kurdistan's iconic writers, now out from...

9 AUGUST 2024 • By Cory Oldweiler
All That Rage: On Comma Press’ Egypt +100

All That Rage: On Comma Press’ Egypt +100

Alex Tan reviews a sci-fi anthology set in Egypt where all the writers aim to uplift the country...

2 AUGUST 2024 • By Alex Tan
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