Literature and Arts from the Center of the World
An exclusive excerpt from the new bilingual Arabic-English book "Waking Up to My Distorted City" by Hisham Bustani and Linda Al Khoury on the "urban" distortion of Amman.
Dallia Abdel-Moniem has always loved her native city, but when she returned from abroad 10 years ago, it was with renewed hope for Sudan.
TMR publishes World Picks special edition on its third anniversary, including events from Sept. 15-26, 2023.
Youssef Rakha is more interested in what it means to be a contemporary Arab-Muslim independently of the West than an American Arab.
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the Iraqi correspondent's new memoir on Middle East wars and asks questions.
Books continue to be a mainstay in Beirut, although bookshops are resorting to survival strategies.
Ahmed Awadalla’s new story reveals sexual pleasure and doubt in a bathhouse in Beirut.
David Rife reviews the latest fiction from the Sudanese British author of more than a dozen literary and noir novels.
A novel about "toxic authoritarianism" and how it has shaped the lives of countless young persons in Turkey, sometimes through exile.
Art historian William Carruthers explores the modern city of Luxor and the ancient site of Thebes along the Nile.
Novelist Omar El Akkad recounts a beguiling coming-of-age story set in Doha, where he grew up before the family emigrated to Canada.
Home is increasingly an elusive quality in an era of war, climate disaster, economic collapse and family misfortune.