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TMR Weekly

4 April, 2025 • Youssef Rakha

Four Gates to the Hereafter: On The Dissenters

The Egyptian author of an epistolary novel — his first in English — meditates on whether his work will join the canon of world literature.

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4 April, 2025 • Rana Asfour, Jordan Elgrably

Read These Books by Arab American Authors

An inspiring collection of remarkable titles to mark Arab American Heritage Month in the US, showcasing vibrant culture and a rich history.

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28 March, 2025 • Iason Athanasiadis

Gaza, Sudan, Israel/Palestine Documentaries Show in Thessaloniki

Three documentaries screened in Thessaloniki shed light on conflicts often absent from international media headlines.

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28 March, 2025 • TMR

April World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

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21 March, 2025 • Deborah Williams

Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel for Our Present Dystopia

An NYU professor who has frequently taught this Iraqi novel finds that two months into Trump 2.0, its significance has shifted considerably.

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21 March, 2025 • Jordan Elgrably

Insurrection of the Spirit: Algeria’s Resistance Poet Anna Gréki

Gréki’s poetry expresses her deep love for Algeria while also serving as a powerful tribute to resistance against colonialism.

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14 March, 2025 • Farah-Silvana Kanaan

Resistance and Revolution: on Ghassan Kanafani

Two new books reissue the writings of the heralded revolutionary, Ghassan Kanafani. Required reading for today.

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14 March, 2025 • Jonas Elbousty

The Art of Arabic Translation: An Interview With Roger Allen

Yale scholar of Arabic language and literature Jonas Elbousty talks to one of the most prolific translators of the Arabic novel of the past 50 years.

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28 February, 2025 • Selma Dabbagh

The World After Gaza—a Review

Technology, rational division of labor, and deference to authority enabled ordinary people to contribute to acts of mass extermination in Gaza.

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28 February, 2025 • David N. Myers

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza—a Review

In his new book, Peter Beinart proposes a single state solution that would balance equality for all Israeli and Palestinian citizens within it.

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28 February, 2025 • TMR

March World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

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21 February, 2025 • Jim Quilty

Finding Emptiness: Gaza Artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut

Jim Quilty interviews Paris-based Gazan artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut about his new show, "Just in Case" at Sfeir-Semler Gallery, on through March 25.

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21 February, 2025 • Eman Quotah

Palestinian Equals Arab Equals Human: on Najwan Darwish

The poetry of Najwan Darwish is “at once anti-nationalist yet profoundly and personally invested in the Palestinian cause."

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14 February, 2025 • Rebecca Ruth Gould

Omar El Akkad & Mohammed El-Kurd: Liberalism in a Time of Genocide

What two new books from Omar El Akkad and Mohammed El-Kurd tell us about the war on the Palestinian people.

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14 February, 2025 • Chris Hedges

The Western Way of Genocide

Gaza was meant from the start of the genocide to be bombed into rubble, to be made uninhabitable and to be depopulated of the Palestinians.

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