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 establishment role.
TMR 31 • WORK
Unconventional professions, dangerous jobs, unemployment, crazy work stories, work pressure, deadlines, irritating colleagues, dead bosses, spies, assassins, tightrope workers, circus hands, labor protests, feminist icons breaking barriers, immigration attorneys saving lives, good cops/bad cops… our WORK issue relates titillating, aggravating, unbelievable, unforgettable stories related to work, fiction and creative nonfiction. Work, work, work!!!
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 its immigrant community.
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 life to freedom.
Salman Toor
Artist Salman Toor paints immigrants and addresses the treatment of brown men and young people in public and private spaces. He is also concerned with the effects of technology on contemporary life.
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.
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 pains that followed him to Berlin.
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 a racist colleague is just too much.
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 victory.
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 everything.
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.
Short Fiction: By Mistake/On the Bus to Work
If I hadn’t seen you, I might have forgotten all the wrongs of this world that belong to me.
Hard Work: Kurdish Kolbars or Porters Risk Everything
Clive Bell reviews the latest graphic novel from Mana Neyestani on the hardships of being a Kurdish porter.
TMR Conversations: Mana Neyestani, Graphic Novelist
Malu Halasa interviews the Iranian graphic novelist who like Marjane Satrapi has made France his home as a political refugee.