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The Man at the Heart of Lamhamid, Morocco

The Man at the Heart of Lamhamid, Morocco

Aomar Boum and his daughter travel home to his village in the south of Morocco to visit with...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Aomar Boum
Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear

Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear

Jennifer Hattam, a special correspondent in Istanbul, describes how winter and food shortages plague earthquake recovery efforts.

27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Signs of the Times: Rising Conservatism in Kuwait

Signs of the Times: Rising Conservatism in Kuwait

Mai Al-Nakib, a writer in the country's capital, interprets the recent rise in conservatism in Kuwait as a...

27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished

Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished

TMR's senior writer in Turkey, Arie Amaya-Akkermans, travels to one of the worst-hit areas to survey earthquake damage...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
TMR Urges Readers to Support Recovery Efforts in Turkey & Syria

TMR Urges Readers to Support Recovery Efforts in Turkey & Syria

The devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have left a wake of dead and suffering survivors. We can...

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By TMR
TMR’s Multilingual Lexicon of Love for Valentine’s Day

TMR’s Multilingual Lexicon of Love for Valentine’s Day

Expressions of love in Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish and Kurdish, to give Valentine's Day a new meaning.

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By TMR
The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon

The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon

Amal Ghandour, author of "This Arab Life," casts her penetrating gaze on the burdens of Lebanon, including the...

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

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

6 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media

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...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

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.

30 JANUARY 2023 • By TMR
Letters From Tehran: The Girl of Revolution Avenue

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...

30 JANUARY 2023 • By TMR
Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

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...

30 JANUARY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
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