Books Archives

"Prisoner of Love" acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution, writes Saleem...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Saleem Haddad

An entire family is preoccupied with its history and questions of national identity, confounded by France’s rejection of...

31 MAY 2024 • By Katherine A. Powers

Saleem Haddad reviews the Sawalha family story that offers hope in resilience, resistance, and survival against all odds.

3 MAY 2024 • By Saleem Haddad

A first-ever in-depth look into Syria's prison system where prisoners endure unimaginable levels of violence and torture.

3 MAY 2024 • By Ugur Umit Ungor

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