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Messages from Gaza Now /4

Messages from Gaza Now /4

Tragic and horrifying, Hossam Madhoun’s 'Messages from Gaza Now' is an invaluable eye witness account inside Gaza’s war...

22 JANUARY 2024 • By Hossam Madhoun
Nothing out of the Ordinary: A Journalist’s West Bank Memories

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.

22 JANUARY 2024 • By Chloé Benoist
Reconciling Ouarzazate with Solar Energy in Our Desert Town

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...

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Brahim El Guabli
Messages from Gaza Now / 3

Messages from Gaza Now / 3

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

8 JANUARY 2024 • By Hossam Madhoun
The Apocalypse is a Dance Party

The Apocalypse is a Dance Party

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

8 JANUARY 2024 • By Sena Başöz
Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit

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.

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas

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...

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Twaij
Meditations on Occupation, Architecture, Urbicide

Meditations on Occupation, Architecture, Urbicide

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

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Art Lights Up Riyadh This Winter

Art Lights Up Riyadh This Winter

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf travels to Saudi Arabia to take in a citywide festival that may have forever changed...

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
The Paranda Network—Afghan Women Writing

The Paranda Network—Afghan Women Writing

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

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Lillie Razvi
Why We Stay in Beirut, Despite Its Countless Crises

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...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Days of Oranges—Libya’s Thawra

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...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Yesmine Abida
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