Books Archives

Language, gender, class, race, and geography shape citizenship in Morocco today, argues Brahim El Guabli in his latest...

3 MAY 2024 • By Natalie Bernstien

Feurat Alani, a French novelist of Iraqi descent, succeeds in capturing the connections between two disparate cultural spheres.

1 APRIL 2024 • By Nada Ghosn

Dive into the rich tapestry of literature by Francophone writers from the Middle East with this curated reading...

31 MARCH 2024 • By TMR

Eman Quotah on Fady Joudah's latest, in which the poet takes on the inadequacy of language in conveying...

25 MARCH 2024 • By Eman Quotah

Adib Rahhal reviews Hisham Matar's latest novel, in which the precariousness of existence and Libya serve as springboards.

25 MARCH 2024 • By Adib Rahhal

TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, offers four books to challenge the world as we know it.

3 MARCH 2024 • By Rana Asfour

Arie Amaya-Akkermans reviews "The West: a new history of an old idea" that argues how the West was...

3 MARCH 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Katie Logan reviews Lamia Ziadé's latest illustrated volume that prompts a reckoning with the concept of melancholy.

3 MARCH 2024 • By Katie Logan

Nazli Tarzi reviews a book that challenges the uncritical view of eyeliner as a mere “exercise in vanity”...

19 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Nazli Tarzi

In tone, "Rotten Evidence" is cynical, bitterly funny, and oftentimes tender without ever being sentimental, writes Lina Mounzer.

12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer

Sean Casey on a rather unusual and remarkable debut from Arthur Kayzakian that melds poetry, prose and correspondence.

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Sean Casey

Lina Mounzer reviews the new book by Anna Lekas Miller that gathers stories of love- and border-challenged couples.

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer