Interviews

On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together

On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together

Laëtitia Soula talks to an imam, a pastor and a rabbi, all women, who sat down to write...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Tugrul Mende
Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival

Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival

Laëtitia Soula talks to Talaat El Singaby, founder of one of the world's largest annual guitar festivals.

3 OCTOBER 2022 • By Tugrul Mende
Ziad Kalthoum: Trajectory of a Syrian Filmmaker

Ziad Kalthoum: Trajectory of a Syrian Filmmaker

Film historian Viola Shafik interviews Syrian filmmaker Ziad Kalthoum about his peripatetic life in Syria and beyond.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Karim Kattan
On Ali Yass’s Die Flut (The Flood)

On Ali Yass’s Die Flut (The Flood)

Berlin-based Jordanian artist and curator Ala Younis interviews Iraqi artist Ali Yass on his new work.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ghazi Gheblawi
Palestinian Rapper Tamer Nafar Goes the Distance: An Interview

Palestinian Rapper Tamer Nafar Goes the Distance: An Interview

Sheren Falah Saab talks to rapper-activist Tamer Nafar, who calls for joint Palestinian and Israeli "co-resistance" to the...

15 MAY 2022 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Washington DC's artist-entrepreneur-philanthropist (and one-time mayoral candidate) Andy Shallal dishes on matters of hunger and racism.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

British Iranian actor, comedian and podcast host Omid Djalili opens up about comedy, racism and his beauty secrets...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Interview: Maria Armoudian on “Lawyers Without Borders”

Interview: Maria Armoudian on “Lawyers Without Borders”

Mischa Geracoulis interviews political historian Maria Armoudian about her newest book, Lawyers Beyond Borders, Advancing International Human Rights...

25 OCTOBER 2021 • By Alia Mossallam
Omar El Akkad on his second novel “What Strange Paradise”

Omar El Akkad on his second novel “What Strange Paradise”

Rana Asfour, Book Editor at The Markaz Review, and the TMR Bookgroup talk to author Omar El Akkad...

25 OCTOBER 2021 • By
The Anguish of Being Lebanese: Interview with Author Racha Mounaged

The Anguish of Being Lebanese: Interview with Author Racha Mounaged

A.J. Naddaff   Between the Parliament and the Royal Pathway in the center of Brussels, not too far...

18 OCTOBER 2021 • By A.J. Naddaff
Interview With Prisoner X, Accused by the Bashar Al-Assad Regime of Terrorism

Interview With Prisoner X, Accused by the Bashar Al-Assad Regime of Terrorism

A Syrian refugee successfully resettled in Brussels shares part of his story.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By
Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor

Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor

TMR's editor Jordan Elgrably talks to young Malak Mattar in Gaza, who has survived massive state violence and...

14 JULY 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
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