TMR 31 • Work

Working the News: a Short History of Al Jazeera’s First 30 Years

Working the News: a Short History of Al Jazeera’s First 30 Years

Iason Athanasiadis on how the Arab world’s most famous product went from boisterous matchbox to counter-hegemon with an...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Immigrants in Houston: Fiction From Anis Shivani’s Patel Mart

Immigrants in Houston: Fiction From Anis Shivani’s Patel Mart

Novelist Anis Shivani has lived in Houston for more than a decade and sets his upcoming novel amongst...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Anis Shivani
The Artist at Work—a Conversation with Souad Massi

The Artist at Work—a Conversation with Souad Massi

Jordan Elgrably interviews the Algerian-French iconoclast about her first album after Covid and about why she's devoted her...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Salman Toor

Salman Toor

Artist Salman Toor paints immigrants and addresses the treatment of brown men and young people in public and...

MAY 1, 2023 • By TMR
The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

Lebanon's garbage crisis inspired a futurist film but the 2020 Port Explosion made it a contemporary dystopia.

MAY 1, 2023 • By Meera Santhanam
The Outsourcing of Pain—On Work and Alienation

The Outsourcing of Pain—On Work and Alienation

Ahmed Awadalla reflects on how his pursuit of freedom through a job in Cairo has led to growing...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Ahmed Awadalla
Buck Up, It’s Only Racism at the Office

Buck Up, It’s Only Racism at the Office

In which an Arab woman in a diverse work environment finds that going along to get along with...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Laila Halaby
Jordanian Women Race-Car Drivers Work the Track

Jordanian Women Race-Car Drivers Work the Track

Reem Halasa profiles a handful of Arab women in Jordan who love to drive fast, compete and claim...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Reem Halasa
The Invisible Walls, a Meditation on Work and Being

The Invisible Walls, a Meditation on Work and Being

Arab writer Nashwa Nasreldin reflects on her work experiences at home and abroad, and on the meaning of...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Nashwa Nasreldin
Iran on the Move—Photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

Iran on the Move—Photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

Emerging from Covid, a prominent Iranian photographer documents the working-class as the country reels under sanctions.

MAY 1, 2023 • By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
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