Mother tongues, endlessly chimeric, endlessly beguiling, can become both dangerous baggage and precious commodity.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Lara Vergnaud
In which a young artist goes beyond words, beyond language, to create meaning with signs and symbols of...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Naima Morelli
A Lebanese poet in California, Zeina Hashem Beck tends to the tension between Arabic and English, grief and...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
TMR's Editor-in-Chief, curious about how people negotiate their identity between a mother tongue and other languages, asked a...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Jordan Elgrably
A reflection on how multiple languages in a family become a perfect conduit for grief and acceptance.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
A writer questions whether physical ailments — numbness, stuttering, uncontrollable trembling — may in fact stem from a...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Amy Omar
In the wake of the genocide in Gaza, a Palestinian writer loses her words — until she finds...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Sarah Aziza
A writer traces the circuitous journey of a mother tongue, noting that “accidents of geography and family history”...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Two poems explore the contradictions within language and how they influence and reshape our perception of the world.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Hajer Requiq
A poet of Pakistani heritage raised around Arabic and English longs for deeper expression of her mother's tongue.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Namal Siddiqui
This collective work, penned by seven Afghan writers, offers a counter-narrative to dismantle the disaster narrative mapped onto...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Sheeshaka
Palestinian writer Majd Aburrub dissects the exquisite loneliness of losing one's mother tongue.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Majd Aburrub
