TMR 52 • Freedom To Read

Arab Writing in French: Claiming Space and Language

Arab Writing in French: Claiming Space and Language

The “francophone” term limits books to the “Francophonie” section in French bookstores, and forces authors to focus on...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Reading Between the Lines of Land

Reading Between the Lines of Land

Trekking through the diverse terrains of Britain, Norway, and Saudi Arabia, a geologist embarks on a journey of...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Manar Alsaif
In Nasser Rabah’s Poetry, تقول القصيدة كلمتها

In Nasser Rabah’s Poetry, تقول القصيدة كلمتها

Nasser Rabah and other poets of Gaza are still writing — still sending their poems to us, because...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Eman Quotah
History of Ash by Khadija Marouazi—an Excerpt

History of Ash by Khadija Marouazi—an Excerpt

Mouline and Leila recount their prison years in Morocco in the 1970s and '80s during the "Years of...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Khadija Marouazi
A Medical Gaze at the Grand Multiparas

A Medical Gaze at the Grand Multiparas

A doctor writes on the grand multipara, “the great giver of multiple births” — women who have given...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Sarah Shaheen
Palestine Is Literature: Elias Khoury & Ilan Pappé in Conversation

Palestine Is Literature: Elias Khoury & Ilan Pappé in Conversation

Elias Khoury and Ilan Pappe discuss a mutual line of racism and victimization that runs through the Nakba...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Ilan Pappé
“The General Secretariat of Speed Bumps”—an Excerpt

“The General Secretariat of Speed Bumps”—an Excerpt

Wasta and nepotism are at the heart of this short story by Yemen’s most prolific writer, theatre critic,...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Hayel al-Mathabi
Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists

Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists

"Voices of Resistance" stands as a vital work of testimonial literature that refuses to be forgotten, writes Francesca...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Francesca Vawdrey
Syrian Asylees in the US Risk Everything Going Home

Syrian Asylees in the US Risk Everything Going Home

U.S. asylees and refugees must consider the risks of visiting Syria against the lives they've established in the...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Rana Alsoufi
Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

A profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time, by Raja Shehadeh...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
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