“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela
Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising in Tahrir Square.
TMR 29 • HOME
HOME is dedicated to explorations of the meaning of home (and the lack thereof) in new essays, fiction and multimedia. For those who have had to leave their city, their country, there is a sense of ”permanent temporariness,” where inevitable thoughts of returning to one’s birthplace or country are thwarted by political realities on the ground (war, climate disaster, economic collapse). Then there are those who have never left, and yet still feel uncertain about belonging, and yearn for rootedness in what is an elusive search for self.
Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration
Malu Halasa tells the story of refugees seeking asylum in Britain who brave the dangerous waters of the English Channel.
“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB
MK Harb, a writer from Beirut, remembers a tenuous sense of home as he searched for himself in adolescence.
“Mother Remembered”—Fiction by Samir El-Youssef
Palestinian writer Samir El-Youssef, born in a refugee camp, tells the story of his family's uprooting from Lebanon.
For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?
Home is increasingly an elusive quality in an era of war, climate disaster, economic collapse and family misfortune.
More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab
Filmmaker and educator Saeed Taji Farouky argues that the Palestine of memories is often the only Palestine we have.
The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian
An Athens native returns to Greece after a 20-year sojourn across the Mediterranean and Middle East, covering turmoil and displacement.
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.
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.