TMR 46 • Animals

Animal Truths

Animal Truths

TMR's November issue deliberately eschews the binary and inspirational relationship between the proverbial “man and beast."

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Malu Halasa
“Habib”—a story by Ghassan Ghassan

“Habib”—a story by Ghassan Ghassan

A bombing in Gaza destroys an entire family except for the protagonist of the short story and his...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Ghassan Ghassan
Lin May Saeed

Lin May Saeed

The November 2024 featured artist is the late German-Iraqi sculptor Lin May Saeed, much of whose work celebrated...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Beyond Our Gaze: Rethinking Animals in Contemporary Art

Beyond Our Gaze: Rethinking Animals in Contemporary Art

Naima Morelli introduces four artists who showcase the role of animals in art as symbols, actors, or something...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Naima Morelli
“The Man Who Loves Ducks” from Freedom, Only Freedom

“The Man Who Loves Ducks” from Freedom, Only Freedom

An inmate in Manus prison who suffers the inhospitable conditions with the rest of the inmates finds solace...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Omid Tofighian
“The Ballad of Lulu and Amina”—from Jerusalem to Gaza

“The Ballad of Lulu and Amina”—from Jerusalem to Gaza

Can Izzeldin Bukhari bring the cat his sister loves to her wedding in Gaza? Only the IDF and...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Izzeldin Bukhari
Artists & Animals: Adham Faramawy, Tarlan Lotfizadeh, Ouma & Mohammad Shaqdih

Artists & Animals: Adham Faramawy, Tarlan Lotfizadeh, Ouma & Mohammad Shaqdih

Four artists choose their animals, birds and fish as inspiration, cautionary tale, or metaphor.

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
“Gazelles Leaping”—a story by Shadab Zeest Hashmi

“Gazelles Leaping”—a story by Shadab Zeest Hashmi

In this Sufi tale, poet Shadab Zeest Hashmi explores the worlds inhabited by gazelles Sahel and Sahara, between...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Shadab Zeest Hashmi
“A Market for Titles”—fiction from Laila al-Othman

“A Market for Titles”—fiction from Laila al-Othman

A dog gets back at its abusive owner when she sends him out to steal several prestigious titles...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Laila Al Othman
The Felines that Leave Us, and the Humans that Left

The Felines that Leave Us, and the Humans that Left

An Iranian writer and translator in the heart of Tehran unexpectedly becomes a cat woman, attached to her...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Farnaz Haeri
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