TMR 43 • Summer Fiction ’24

“Firefly”—a short story by Alireza Iranmehr

“Firefly”—a short story by Alireza Iranmehr

In this short story, an Iranian conscript keeps disappearing from duty. The natural world leaves clues of his...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Alireza Iranmehr
“The Mulberry Tree”—an excerpt from Altercation in Jahannam

“The Mulberry Tree”—an excerpt from Altercation in Jahannam

In the Libyan village “Hell,” temperatures soar to unimaginable heights, and war breaks out over a parking space...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Mohammed Alnaas
Victoria—An Excerpt

Victoria—An Excerpt

We present the first chapter of Karoline Kamel’s debut novel in a new translation in English by Ranya...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Karoline Kamel
Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Ahmed Naji
The Top 12 Books to Read This Summer

The Top 12 Books to Read This Summer

Travel through the center of the world this summer from the comfort of your couch when you pick...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Rana Asfour
“An Inherited Offense”—a Levantine story on the island of Leros

“An Inherited Offense”—a Levantine story on the island of Leros

In this short story by Nektaria Anastasiadou, the male and female terebinth trees of a Levantine childhood help...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Why Summer Fiction? For the Wonders & Miracles

Why Summer Fiction? For the Wonders & Miracles

Our literary editor takes us on a deluxe reader's tour of the stories behind the stories in the...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Malu Halasa
Deena Mohamed

Deena Mohamed

Featured artist Deena Mohamed is an accomplished Egyptian graphic novelist and author of the fantasy trilogy "Shubeik Lubeik"...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Katie Logan
“The Social Media Kids”—a short story by Qais Akbar Omar

“The Social Media Kids”—a short story by Qais Akbar Omar

In Qais Akbar Omar’s short story, a surprise homecoming threatens to upend the lives of a 14-year-old and...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Qais Akbar Omar
Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert's theory of meaning and form rests on a mystical conception of the nature of writing, alongside the...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Tarek Abi Samra
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