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Category: Columns

6 February, 2023 • Jenine Abboushi

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

In her Sudden Journeys column for February, Jenine Abboushi unfurls the Jordanian desert and mountains in the Wadi Feynan.

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5 February, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media

Iraqi lawyers and activists in a Baghdad-based NGO have been working to stop honor killings, but were unable to help Tiba al-Ali, reports Malu Halasa.

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30 January, 2023 • TMR

Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.

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30 January, 2023 • TMR

Letters From Tehran: The Girl of Revolution Avenue

In our Letters From Tehran series, Iranians write intimately about daily life in the city following last fall's Women-Life-Freedom protests.

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30 January, 2023 • Rana Asfour

Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

Rana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR Weekly.

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16 January, 2023 • Malu Halasa

End of an Era: Al Saqi Bookshop in London Closes

Malu Halasa surveys the legacy of Al Saqi while also lamenting the end of Banipal Magazine and the retirement of the British Museum's Venetia Porter.

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9 January, 2023 • Jenine Abboushi

Sudden Journeys: Morocco Encore

Jenine Abboushi in her latest travel essay, returns to Morocco for a long-overdue visit.

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9 January, 2023 • Brahim El Guabli

The Afro-Amazigh World Cup Debate Revisited

A Black and Amazigh Indigenous scholar from Morocco, Brahim El Guabli sees Amazigh identity as embracing "unity based on diversity."

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15 December, 2022 • Samia Errazzouki

Moroccans Triumph at World Cup While Press Freedom Suffers

Samia Errazzouki recounts personal experience as a Moroccan American journalist working in Morocco.

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15 December, 2022 • Brahim El Guabli, Aomar Boum

Everyone has a Stake in Morocco’s Football Team

The Moroccan team's World Cup wins have galvanized their Arab and African fans and inspired millions around the world.

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15 December, 2022 • TMR

Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi

Author and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi must be released by Iranian authorities immediately.

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15 December, 2022 • Nazanin Malekan

Music for Tomorrow: Iranians Yearn for Freedom

Nazanin Malekan vibes with the women's revolution in Iran via her love for music and poetry, both Persian and western.

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