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TMR 52 • Freedom to Read

4 July, 2025 • Sarah Shaheen, Lina Mounzer

A Medical Gaze at the Grand Multiparas

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

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4 July, 2025 • Ilan Pappé, Elias Khoury

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 and the Holocaust.

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4 July, 2025 • Marie Bamyani, Zubair Popalzai

In Reading, We Resist

In Paranda, everyday activities like reading symbolize protest and resistance in homes, alleyways, and gatherings.

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4 July, 2025 • Eman Quotah

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 Palestine is literature.

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4 July, 2025 • Rana Alsoufi

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 U.S.

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4 July, 2025 • Thoth

Unwritten Stories from Palestine

Thoth invites readers to witness the struggles of Palestinians and raise awareness of the ongoing catastrophe in the West Bank.

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4 July, 2025 • Khadija Marouazi

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 Lead" — a period characterized by heavy state repression.

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4 July, 2025 • Hayel al-Mathabi, Christiaan James

“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, and journalist.

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4 July, 2025 • Fadi Zaghmout, Rana Asfour

“My Choices Are My Downfall”—a short story by Fadi Zaghmout

What happens when a human-robot relationship forms? In near-future Dubai, an accident in a skyscraper holds the key to this question.

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