Malu Halasa's story takes place on one day in the life of the family patriarch who confronts memories...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Malu Halasa
In Ahmed Isselmou's short story, a Mauritanian man struggles to maintain his resilience and perseverance in the face...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Isselmou
In this short story translated from Kurdish for the first time, a young man discovers that his discomfort...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Hussein Arif
In May Haddad's story, a conversation between a young girl and her grandmother reveals the fault lines between...
28 AUGUST 2023 • By May Haddad
In a modern interpretation of Eros and Thanatos, "Kill Yusuf" reveals how thwarted love can lead to unexpected...
21 AUGUST 2023 • By Hisham Al-Najjar
TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.
2 JULY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Away from prying eyes, two lonely people pass time together under the state of emergency that has become...
2 JULY 2023 • By Alireza Iranmehr
A small town couple have a brutally honest conversation about marriage in light of the “Woman, Life, Freedom”...
2 JULY 2023 • By Danial Haghighi
A shrewd businesswoman runs a matchmaking agency in Amman that finds brides for male clients based on a...
2 JULY 2023 • By Natasha Tynes
After her controlling husband dies, a wealthy woman obsesses over the neighborhood crows until her maid decides to...
2 JULY 2023 • By Farah Ahamed
