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Palestine Is Literature: Elias Khoury & Ilan Pappé in Conversation

Palestine Is Literature: Elias Khoury & Ilan Pappé in Conversation

Elias Khoury and Ilan Pappe discuss a mutual line of racism and victimization that runs through the Nakba...

4 JULY 2025 • By Ilan Pappé
Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists

Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists

"Voices of Resistance" stands as a vital work of testimonial literature that refuses to be forgotten, writes Francesca...

4 JULY 2025 • By Francesca Vawdrey
Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Forgotten offers a profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time.

4 JULY 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa—a Review

The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa—a Review

A tale set in the near-future exploring the world of banned books, repressed imaginations, dreams, and desires.

4 JULY 2025 • By Rana Asfour
In Nasser Rabah’s Poetry تقول القصيدة كلمتها

In Nasser Rabah’s Poetry تقول القصيدة كلمتها

Nasser Rabah and other poets of Gaza are still writing — still sending their poems to us, because...

4 JULY 2025 • By Eman Quotah
“The General Secretariat of Speed Bumps”—an Excerpt

“The General Secretariat of Speed Bumps”—an Excerpt

Wasta and nepotism are at the heart of this short story by Yemen’s most prolific writer, theatre critic,...

4 JULY 2025 • By Hayel al-Mathabi
July World Picks from the Editors

July World Picks from the Editors

Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, and concerts … TMR World Picks run the gamut … 

27 JUNE 2025 • By TMR
“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

“Inside the Margins”: Centering Tirailleurs in Bandes Dessinées

Graphic novels out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and rebellion against European colonialism.

6 JUNE 2025 • By Aomar Boum
The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club — Review

The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club — Review

Sepideh Gholian's book demonstrates that freedom, even in confinement, is a state of mind, where choosing life is...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Hannah Kaviani
Interview: Joe Sacco on Gaza

Interview: Joe Sacco on Gaza

Joe Sacco uses his graphic storytelling in "War on Gaza" to reflect on the events in the Gaza...

6 JUNE 2025 • By Elias Feroz
An Intimate History of Violence: Beirut Under Siege in Nejmeh Khalil Habib’s A Spring that Did Not Blossom 

An Intimate History of Violence: Beirut Under Siege in Nejmeh Khalil Habib’s A Spring that Did Not Blossom 

Nejmeh Khalil Habib's latest teaches us that while there are and will always be survivors of horrors, the...

30 MAY 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
June World Picks from the Editors

June World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

30 MAY 2025 • By TMR
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