Poet and novelist Joumana Haddad tells the true story of a refugee from Aleppo who winds up on...
9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Joumana Haddad
Salar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Salar Abdoh
In Farah Ahamed's latest satire, one man's misunderstood greatness drives him to take preposterous action.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Farah Ahamed
In Hisham Bustani’s new short story, one man’s religious nightmare brings him face to face with an unlikely...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Hisham Bustani
Caught between Beirut and a town in the Californian desert, Buthayna searches for the meaning amid life’s absurdities.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dina Abou Salem
Michael Scott Moore channels veteran experiences through a wily cat as an Iraq war vet tries to readapt...
11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Michael Scott Moore
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
