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May World Picks from the Editors

May World Picks from the Editors

Film and writers’ festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books, art residencies, and writing workshops.

25 APRIL 2025 • By TMR
December World Picks from the Editors

December World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...

29 NOVEMBER 2024 • By TMR
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.

5 OCTOBER 2022 • By
An Oral History of Mouloukhiya from Egypt, Palestine, Tunisia and Japan

An Oral History of Mouloukhiya from Egypt, Palestine, Tunisia and Japan

Four cooks from Egypt to Japan talk about their family lore and personal experience preparing mouloukhiya.

24 JANUARY 2022 • By Fadi Kattan
The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir...

8 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Gil Anidjar
Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah

Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah

The food blogger who launched Palestine in a Dish gives us some background on the wonderful green herbalicious...

25 JULY 2021 • By Brahim El Guabli
Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors

Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors

Our editors reveal their diverse literary interests, with more than a dozen recommendations for summer reading.

25 JULY 2021 • By
Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية

Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية

A Bethlehem chef reaches back to childhood to fish out a family recipe for delicious fatteh he remembers...

25 JULY 2021 • By Ella Shohat
Hassan Hajjaj Rocks NYC with “My Rock Stars” and “Vogue: the Arab Issue”

Hassan Hajjaj Rocks NYC with “My Rock Stars” and “Vogue: the Arab Issue”

One of Morocco's greatest artistic exports brings his flamboyant vision to the Yossi Milo Gallery and the Fotografiska...

9 MAY 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.

25 APRIL 2021 • By TMR
Free Speech, Palestinian Stories and the Oscars

Free Speech, Palestinian Stories and the Oscars

In anticipation of Sunday's Oscars, in which another Palestinian film has been nominated, Jordan Elgrably talks to Palestinians...

21 APRIL 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
TMR Resource Guide to Armenian Culture

TMR Resource Guide to Armenian Culture

The first of many new resource guides to the arts of a particular culture, in this case, Armenian....

20 APRIL 2021 • By
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