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Essays

22 January, 2024 • Chloé Benoist

Nothing out of the Ordinary: A Journalist’s West Bank Memories

Chloé Benoist, a French journalist and editor, writes of her time spent reporting from the West Bank.

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15 January, 2024 • Brahim El Guabli

Reconciling Ouarzazate with Solar Energy in Our Desert Town

As a solar power plant overtakes a Moroccan desert town, reconfiguring its visual and territorial makeup, there are worries it might overshadow its rich cultural history.

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8 January, 2024 • Hossam Madhoun

Messages from Gaza Now / 3

Hell continues in a never-ending war, yet with sumud, the Palestinian people remain resourceful, remarkable and above all, kind.

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8 January, 2024 • Sena Başöz

The Apocalypse is a Dance Party

Turkish artist Sena Başöz explores the metaphor of the magnolia and the advent of the apocalypse within the realm of imagination.

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25 December, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit

Gaza's professional para-cycling team for amputee athletes rise above Gaza's darkest days through determination and excellence in sport.

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25 December, 2023 • Ahmed Twaij

Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas

Had Jesus been born today he would be considered Palestinian, and his birth would have faced many obstacles along the way, writes Ahmed Twaij.

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25 December, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Meditations on Occupation, Architecture, Urbicide

In Gaza, the rubble and ruin must remain in full view not only as evidence of war crimes, but as living testimonies of shattered lives.

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18 December, 2023 • Sophie Kazan Makhlouf

Art Lights Up Riyadh This Winter

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf travels to Saudi Arabia to take in a citywide festival that may have forever changed the country's cultural landscape.

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3 December, 2023 • Lillie Razvi

The Paranda Network—Afghan Women Writing

Breaking stereotypes that their country is only about war, Afghan women continue to write despite the Taliban, writes Lillie Razvi.

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3 December, 2023 • Jordan Elgrably

Why We Stay in Beirut, Despite Its Countless Crises

TMR's editor in chief, Jordan Elgrably, asks four Beirutis why they stay, and how they manage, enduring one crisis after another.

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3 December, 2023 • Yesmine Abida

Days of Oranges—Libya’s Thawra

Yesmine Abida recalls the end of her family's time in Tripoli and the beginning of a life without a center.

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3 December, 2023 • Naima Morelli

Demolition and Recreation in Benghazi: Interview with Sarri Elfaitouri

Sarri Elfaitouri on urbanism, social reforms, and the legacy of colonialism in Libya after the March 2023 demolition of the city's center.

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28 November, 2023 • Kaya Genç

On the Herculean Task of Translating Joyce’s Ulysses into Kurdish

Kawa Nemir felt he'd been preparing to undertake the translation of James Joyce's masterpiece his whole life...

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28 November, 2023 • Dilan Qadir

“My Father’s Last Meal”—a Kurdish Tale

In the aftermath of his father's death by shrapnel from an Iraqi shell, Dilan Qadir contends with a life intricately shaped by his absence. 

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5 November, 2023 • Ammar Azzouz

Domicide—War on the City

According to Dr. Ammar Azzouz’s essay on domicide, taken from his new book, carpet bombing of Middle Eastern cities is nothing new.

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