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The Displaced, the Unwanted, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Displaced, the Unwanted, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel "The Sympathizer," remembers where he came from and how...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Waqar Ahmed
Refugee Dreams — Three Poems by Meral Şimşek

Refugee Dreams — Three Poems by Meral Şimşek

A poet whose writings and identity are contested by her own government reads three poems from her book...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By C. Michael Johnson
Meditations on The Ungrateful Refugee

Meditations on The Ungrateful Refugee

Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By TMR
Fiction: Refugees in Serbia, an excerpt from “Silence is a Sense” by Layla AlAmmar

Fiction: Refugees in Serbia, an excerpt from “Silence is a Sense” by Layla AlAmmar

On the occasion of the paperback publication of Layla AlAmmar's novel Silence is a Sense, TMR presents this...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Robert Solé
“Turkish Delights”—fiction from Omar Foda

“Turkish Delights”—fiction from Omar Foda

Omar Foda draws on family lore and field work to weave together a satirical tale of ego and...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Omar Foda
My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

My Lebanese Landlord, Lebanese Bankdits, and German Racism

Racism props up its ugly head from every quarter, but Tariq Mehmood refuses to be deterred.

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Lawrence Joffe
An Arab and a Jew Walk into a Bar…

An Arab and a Jew Walk into a Bar…

Our columnist compares Arab/Muslim and Jewish humor and finds more in common than one might expect.

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

British Iranian actor, comedian and podcast host Omid Djalili opens up about comedy, racism and his beauty secrets...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Three Levantine Tales

Three Levantine Tales

Writer, translator and artist Nouha Hamad tells three tales passed down as family legend connecting the 19th and...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Deborah Kapchan
Lebanon at the Point of Drowning in Its Own…

Lebanon at the Point of Drowning in Its Own…

Young Lebanese comic writer-illustrator duo Raja Abu Kasm and Rahil Mohsin convey what they think of corruption and...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Megan Marshall
How to Hide in Lebanon as a Western Foreigner

How to Hide in Lebanon as a Western Foreigner

Translators Nadiyah Abdullatif and Anam Zafar bring us Lena Merhej's classic graphic novel on Merhej’s mother’s journey from...

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Sibeal Gordon
Burning Forests, Burning Nations

Burning Forests, Burning Nations

Columnist Hadani Ditmars recounts meeting strangers at the beach during fire season in British Columbia and finds Syria...

15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Mohja Kahf
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