Coming of Age in a Revolution
A young Egyptian woman comes of age at the dawn of the Arab uprising in Cairo, but ultimately finds home in exile.
TMR Issues
Going Home—a photo essay by Jassem Ghazbanpour
These days, for Iranian photographer Jassem Ghazbanpour, who began shooting the Iran-Iraq war at age 16, home is where he points his camera.
Nabeul, Mon Amour
Yesmine Abida, a Tunisian in the diaspora, returns home to document the last vestiges of Nabeul's once-thriving Jewish community.
The Man at the Heart of Lamhamid, Morocco
Aomar Boum and his daughter travel home to his village in the south of Morocco to visit with his brother Mohammed and their extended family.
Finding Home, Finding Normal and The Myth of Normal
Sheana Ochoa reviews the new book from Gabor Maté which suggests that much of what today has become normal is potentially traumatic.
Home is a House in Oman
The daughter of an Indian expatriate family in Oman discovers that the only home she's ever yearned for was the place always meant to be impermanent.
To Receive Asylum, You First Have to be Believed, and Accepted
Mischa Geracoulis reviews the new book from Dina Nayeri on refugees and asylum seekers who must be believed to get through the system.
Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay
Anam Raheem spent five years working in Gaza and the West Bank, and felt herself at home among the Palestinians who befriended her.
Dunya Mikhail Knows Her Poetry Will Not Save You
Dunya Mikhail is a UNESCO Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture laureate who has also won a UN Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing.
Tiba al-Ali: A Death Foretold on Social Media
Iraqi lawyers and activists in a Baghdad-based NGO have been working to stop honor killings, but were unable to help Tiba al-Ali, reports Malu Halasa.
Dispossessed by Climate—Iraqi Refugees in Their Own Country
Writer-photographer Susan Schulman documents the climate devastation that has sent many Iraqis into internal exile.
Reading Iraq: Our Top 10 List of Iraqi Fiction
A list of must-read Iraqi fiction, from Ahmed Saadawi's "Frankenstein in Baghdad" to Sinan Antoon's "The Book of Collateral Damage."
Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari
An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.
“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim
This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the Sun."
Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak & Jasmine Naziha Jones: Use Your Anger as Fuel
Sparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with both comedy and drama.