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TMR 22 • STORIES

15 June, 2022 • Hanif Kureishi

“Asha and Haaji”—a story by Hanif Kureishi

The author of the story collection "Love in a Blue Time" weaves a dystopian tale of migrants, love and literature.

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15 June, 2022 • TMR

Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine

The artist and writer from Palestine has a universal vision to bring people together across boundaries and borders.

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15 June, 2022 • Mai Al-Nakib

Mai Al-Nakib: “Naaseha’s Counsel”

The author of the novel "An Unlasting Home" recalls stories of African slaves in Iraq and Kuwait.

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15 June, 2022 • Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour

“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji

The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in the Nevada desert.

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15 June, 2022 • Joumana Haddad, Rana Asfour

Joumana Haddad: “Victim #232”

A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an Arab."

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15 June, 2022 • Rabih Alameddine

Rabih Alameddine: “Remembering Nasser”

Winner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner award, novelist Rabih Alameddine tells an essential story from his Beirut childhood.

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15 June, 2022 • Sulafa Zidani

Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”

Riding the bus down memory lane, a Palestinian American scholar of digital culture at MIT recalls her time in Jerusalem and Haifa.

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15 June, 2022 • Saeed Taji Farouky

Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”

The filmmaker behind "Tell Spring Not to Come This Year" and "A Thousand Fires" journeys with Mohammad Bakri to find home.

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15 June, 2022 • Nektaria Anastasiadou

Nektaria Anastasiadou: “Gold in Taksim Square”

The novelist behind "A Recipe for Daphne" returns to multicultural Istanbul to write about love and death amongst the city's minorities.

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15 June, 2022 • Barrak Alzaid

Barrak Alzaid: “Pink and Blue”

A young storyteller in Kuwait is captivated by the lives of Filipina women he does not know.

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15 June, 2022 • Dima Mikhayel Matta

Dima Mikhayel Matta: “This Text Is a Very Lonely Document”

A bold excerpt from the new Saqi anthology, "This Arab is Queer," in which a non-binary person from Lebanon explores solitude and family.

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15 June, 2022 • Steve Sabella

Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

In these stories from his impassioned memoir, Steve Sabella works to decolonize the mind and liberate his identity.

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15 June, 2022 • Lisa Teasley

Lisa Teasley: “Death is Beautiful”

Should we be happy we're finite? Lisa Teasley weaves a tale merging art, transhumanists and artificial intelligence.

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15 June, 2022 • Bakytiyar Ali

Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

From one of the most prominent contemporary authors and poets from Iraqi Kurdistan comes an unforgettable tale of oppression, and freedom.

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15 June, 2022 • Selma Dabbagh

Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

A short story of international love from the author of the Gaza novel "Out of It."

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