12 DECEMBER, 2022 • By TMR
The Markaz Review recommends the following exhibitions,
on now in Paris, New York, Montpellier, London, Marseille and Beirut.

Anas Albraehe: Bab Alhawa: Gate of the Wind:
Gate of Exile: Paris, through Jan. 11, 2023

Galerie Claude Lemand

70 avenue Jean Moulin, 75014 Paris
Visits every day by appointment.
+33 6 73 77 05 89

 

SARP Kerem Yavuz: Shadows of the Empire,
New York, through Jan. 28, 2023

SARP Kerem Yavuz- Shadows of the Empire, New York

High Line Nine Galleries

507 West 27th St
New York, NY 10001

Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s Exhibition for
Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine, through Feb. 5, 2023

Mohammed Joha (b Palestine, 1978), “Housing,” collage on cardboard, 100x80cm, 2018 (courtesy MO.CO)

MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain

13 rue de la République
34000 Montpellier
+33 4 99 58 28 00

Radouan Zeghidour: Chronicles of a Scoundrel,
London, through Feb. 25, 2023

Radouan Zeghidour installation view of “Chronicles of a Scoundrel” (courtesy Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix Gallery).

at the

Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix Gallery
19 Goulston St, London, E1 7TP

+44 20 7247 1167

Ghada Amer, Mucem,
Marseille, through April 16, 2023

Ghada Amer Self Portrait in Black and White, 2020, Acrylic embroidery and gel medium on canvas – 127X121.92 cm – 50X48 in (courtesy Mucem).

Mucem

fort Saint-Jean— Bâtiment Georges Henri Rivière
1 Esp. J4, 13002 Marseille
+33 484351313

Djamel Tatah, Théâtre du Silence,
Musée Fabre, Montpellier, through April 16, 2023

Djamel Tatah, “Les Femmes d’Alger,” oil on wax on canvas and wood, triptyque, 350x450cm, 1996 (courtesy Musée Fabre).
Musée Fabre
39 boulevard Bonne Nouvelle
34000 Montpellier
+33 4 67 14 83 0

Dar El-Nimer permanent collection,
visit the museum founded by Rami El-Nimer, Beirut

The Dar el-Nimer building in Beirut.
Dar el-Nimer for Arts and Culture
America Street, Beirut, Lebanon
+961 1367013
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Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine

7 AUGUST, 2023 • By Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s <em> Imagining Palestine</em>
Art

What Palestine Brings to the World—a Major Paris Exhibition

31 JULY, 2023 • By Sasha Moujaes
<em>What Palestine Brings to the World</em>—a Major Paris Exhibition
Book Reviews

Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?

31 JULY, 2023 • By Matthew Broomfield
Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?
A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life: Cairo

24 JULY, 2023 • By Sarah Eltantawi
A Day in the Life: Cairo
Book Reviews

Literature Takes Courage: on Ahmet Altan’s Lady Life

24 JULY, 2023 • By Kaya Genç
Literature Takes Courage: on Ahmet Altan’s <em>Lady Life</em>
Interviews

Musical Artists at Work: Naïssam Jalal, Fazil Say & Azu Tiwaline

17 JULY, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Musical Artists at Work: Naïssam Jalal, Fazil Say & Azu Tiwaline
Fiction

“Nadira of Tlemcen”—fiction from Abdellah Taïa

2 JULY, 2023 • By Abdellah Taïa
“Nadira of Tlemcen”—fiction from Abdellah Taïa
Fiction

Abortion Tale: On Our Ground

2 JULY, 2023 • By Ghadeer Ahmed, Hala Kamal
Abortion Tale: On Our Ground
Fiction

Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam

2 JULY, 2023 • By Samira Azzam, Ranya Abdelrahman
Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam
Fiction

Genesis and East Cairo—fiction from Shady Lewis Botros

2 JULY, 2023 • By Shady Lewis Botros, Salma Moustafa Khalil
Genesis and East Cairo—fiction from Shady Lewis Botros
Art

Musings on a Major Exhibition: Women Defining Women at LACMA

26 JUNE, 2023 • By Philip Grant
Musings on a Major Exhibition: <em>Women Defining Women</em> at LACMA
Art & Photography

The Ghost of Gezi Park—Turkey 10 Years On

19 JUNE, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
The Ghost of Gezi Park—Turkey 10 Years On
Art & Photography

Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

19 JUNE, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests
Book Reviews

Youssef Rakha Practices Literary Deception in Emissaries

19 JUNE, 2023 • By Zein El-Amine
Youssef Rakha Practices Literary Deception in <em>Emissaries</em>
Art & Photography

Newly Re-Opened, Beirut’s Sursock Museum is a Survivor

12 JUNE, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Newly Re-Opened, Beirut’s Sursock Museum is a Survivor
Book Reviews

Niki, Prize-Winning Greek Novel, Captures the Country’s Civil War

12 JUNE, 2023 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
<em>Niki</em>, Prize-Winning Greek Novel, Captures the Country’s Civil War
Essays

Turkey’s Earthquake as a Generational Disaster

4 JUNE, 2023 • By Sanem Su Avci
Turkey’s Earthquake as a Generational Disaster
Arabic

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

4 JUNE, 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love
Essays

Alien Entities in the Desert

4 JUNE, 2023 • By Dror Shohet
Alien Entities in the Desert
Featured Artist

Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023

4 JUNE, 2023 • By TMR
Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023
Poetry Markaz

Zara Houshmand, Moon and Sun

4 JUNE, 2023 • By Zara Houshmand
Zara Houshmand, <em>Moon and Sun</em>
Art & Photography

Garden of Africa: Interview with Rachid Koraïchi

4 JUNE, 2023 • By Rose Issa
Garden of Africa: Interview with Rachid Koraïchi
Books

The Markaz Review Interview—Leila Aboulela, Writing Sudan

29 MAY, 2023 • By Yasmine Motawy
The Markaz Review Interview—Leila Aboulela, Writing Sudan
Books

Cruising the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

29 MAY, 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Cruising the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
Book Reviews

How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

15 MAY, 2023 • By Karim Kattan
How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town
Book Reviews

Radius Recounts a History of Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square

15 MAY, 2023 • By Sally AlHaq
<em>Radius</em> Recounts a History of Sexual Assault in Tahrir Square
Book Reviews

A Debut Novel, Between Two Moons, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn

15 MAY, 2023 • By R.P. Finch
A Debut Novel, <em>Between Two Moons</em>, is set in “Arabland” Brooklyn
TMR Conversations

TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh

11 MAY, 2023 • By Amal Ghandour, Raja Shehadeh
TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh
Film

The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

8 MAY, 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story
Cities

In Luxor, Egypt Projects Renewed Tourism Economy

10 APRIL, 2023 • By William Carruthers
In Luxor, Egypt Projects Renewed Tourism Economy
Fiction

“The Stranger”—a Short Story by Hany Ali Said

2 APRIL, 2023 • By Hany Ali Said, Ibrahim Fawzy
“The Stranger”—a Short Story by Hany Ali Said
Essays

Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

27 MARCH, 2023 • By Alicia Kismet Eler
Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul
Book Reviews

In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir

13 MARCH, 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir
Fiction

“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

5 MARCH, 2023 • By Leila Aboulela
“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela
Centerpiece

Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration

5 MARCH, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration
Cities

For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?

5 MARCH, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?
Essays

More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab

5 MARCH, 2023 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab
Cities

Coming of Age in a Revolution

5 MARCH, 2023 • By Lushik Lotus Lee
Coming of Age in a Revolution
Essays

Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

5 MARCH, 2023 • By Anam Raheem
Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay
Columns

Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear

27 FEBRUARY, 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
Letter From Turkey—Solidarity, Grief, Anger and Fear
Columns

Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished

20 FEBRUARY, 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished
Latest Reviews

A new series in France, Raï Is Not Dead, Celebrates the Genre

20 FEBRUARY, 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
A new series in France, <em>Raï Is Not Dead</em>, Celebrates the Genre
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

6 FEBRUARY, 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan
TV Review

Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of Fauda Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead

6 FEBRUARY, 2023 • By Brett Kline
Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of <em>Fauda</em> Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead
Art

The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art

26 DECEMBER, 2022 • By Malu Halasa
The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art
Art

Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

12 DECEMBER, 2022 • By TMR
Art

The Contemporary Art Scene in Algiers (Fragments)

12 DECEMBER, 2022 • By Pierre Daum, Jordan Elgrably
The Contemporary Art Scene in Algiers (Fragments)
Art

French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds

12 DECEMBER, 2022 • By Laëtitia Soula
French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds
Art

Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine

12 DECEMBER, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine
Art

Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?

12 DECEMBER, 2022 • By Nora Ounnas Leroy
Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3

5 DECEMBER, 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3
Book Reviews

Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

28 NOVEMBER, 2022 • By Diana Buttu
Fida Jiryis on Palestine in <em>Stranger in My Own Land</em>
Fiction

“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan

15 NOVEMBER, 2022 • By Karim Kattan
“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan
Essays

Stadiums, Ghosts & Games—Football’s International Intrigue

15 NOVEMBER, 2022 • By Francisco Letelier
Stadiums, Ghosts & Games—Football’s International Intrigue
Opinion

Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World

24 OCTOBER, 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World
Interviews

Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance

15 OCTOBER, 2022 • By Nora Lester Murad
Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance
Interviews

On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together

15 OCTOBER, 2022 • By Laëtitia Soula
On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together
Essays

Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison

15 OCTOBER, 2022 • By Ibrahim Fawzy
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison
Book Reviews

Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture

10 OCTOBER, 2022 • By Mariam Elnozahy
Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture
Film Reviews

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5 OCTOBER, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1

26 SEPTEMBER, 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1
Columns

Vocalist Samira Brahmia Bridges France and Algeria with Love

19 SEPTEMBER, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Vocalist Samira Brahmia Bridges France and Algeria with Love
Fiction

“Another German”—a short story by Ahmed Awadalla

15 SEPTEMBER, 2022 • By Ahmed Awadalla
“Another German”—a short story by Ahmed Awadalla
Art

My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution

15 SEPTEMBER, 2022 • By Viola Shafik
My Berlin Triptych: On Museums and Restitution
Columns

Phoneless in Filthy Berlin

15 SEPTEMBER, 2022 • By Maisan Hamdan, Rana Asfour
Phoneless in Filthy Berlin
Art & Photography

Photographer Mohamed Badarne (Palestine) and his U48 Project

15 SEPTEMBER, 2022 • By Viola Shafik
Photographer Mohamed Badarne (Palestine) and his U48 Project
Opinion

Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

15 AUGUST, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg
Essays

Independent Algeria 60 Years Later: The Untold Story

25 JULY, 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Independent Algeria 60 Years Later: The Untold Story
Editorial

Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?

15 JULY, 2022 • By TMR
Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?
Art

Abd el Kader at the Mucem: a colonial vision of the Emir

11 JULY, 2022 • By Pierre Daum
Abd el Kader at the Mucem: a colonial vision of the Emir
Book Reviews

Alaa Abd El-Fattah—the Revolutionary el-Sissi Fears Most?

11 JULY, 2022 • By Fouad Mami
Alaa Abd El-Fattah—the Revolutionary el-Sissi Fears Most?
Book Reviews

Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel

20 JUNE, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel
Columns

World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

20 JUNE, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other
Art & Photography

Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine

15 JUNE, 2022 • By TMR
Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine
Fiction

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

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji
Essays

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

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”
Film

Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”
Fiction

Nektaria Anastasiadou: “Gold in Taksim Square”

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Nektaria Anastasiadou: “Gold in Taksim Square”
Fiction

Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Selma Dabbagh
Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”
Fiction

“The Suffering Mother of the Whole World”—a story by Amany Kamal Eldin

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Amany Kamal Eldin
“The Suffering Mother of the Whole World”—a story by Amany Kamal Eldin
Book Reviews

Algeria and Albert Camus

6 JUNE, 2022 • By Oliver Gloag
Algeria and Albert Camus
Film Reviews

2022 Webby Honoree Documents Queer Turkish Icon

23 MAY, 2022 • By Ilker Hepkaner
2022 Webby Honoree Documents Queer Turkish Icon
Book Reviews

Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”

16 MAY, 2022 • By Nora Lester Murad
Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”
Book Reviews

Siena and Her Art Soothe a Writer’s Grieving Soul

25 APRIL, 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Siena and Her Art Soothe a Writer’s Grieving Soul
Opinion

Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together

25 APRIL, 2022 • By Rana Salman, Yonatan Gher
Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together
Book Reviews

Egyptian Comedic Novel Captures Dark Tale of Bedouin Migrants

18 APRIL, 2022 • By Saliha Haddad
Egyptian Comedic Novel Captures Dark Tale of Bedouin Migrants
Columns

Green Almonds in Ramallah

15 APRIL, 2022 • By Wafa Shami
Green Almonds in Ramallah
Columns

Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London

15 APRIL, 2022 • By Layla Maghribi
Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London
Book Reviews

Mohamed Metwalli’s “A Song by the Aegean Sea” Reviewed

28 MARCH, 2022 • By Sherine Elbanhawy
Mohamed Metwalli’s “A Song by the Aegean Sea” Reviewed
Film Reviews

Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon

21 MARCH, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s <em>Huda’s Salon</em>
Opinion

U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine

21 MARCH, 2022 • By Yossi Khen, Jeff Warner
U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine
Art & Photography

On “True Love Leaves No Traces”

15 MARCH, 2022 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
On “True Love Leaves No Traces”
Columns

“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

24 FEBRUARY, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”
Essays

The Alexandrian: Life and Death in L.A.

15 FEBRUARY, 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
The Alexandrian: Life and Death in L.A.
Film

“The Translator” Brings the Syrian Dilemma to the Big Screen

7 FEBRUARY, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
“The Translator” Brings the Syrian Dilemma to the Big Screen
Music Reviews

Rachid Taha and the Sway of Chaabi & Raï on Franco-Arab Rock

24 JANUARY, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Rachid Taha and the Sway of Chaabi & Raï on Franco-Arab Rock
Essays

Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile

15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile
Art & Photography

Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay

15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay
Columns

Getting to the Other Side: a Kurdish Migrant Story

15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Getting to the Other Side: a Kurdish Migrant Story
Fiction

“Turkish Delights”—fiction from Omar Foda

15 DECEMBER, 2021 • By Omar Foda
“Turkish Delights”—fiction from Omar Foda
Fiction

Three Levantine Tales

15 DECEMBER, 2021 • By Nouha Homad
Three Levantine Tales
Beirut

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29 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest
Columns

Burning Forests, Burning Nations

15 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
Burning Forests, Burning Nations
Book Reviews

The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?

15 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?
Columns

Day of the Imprisoned Writer — November 15, 2021

8 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By TMR
Day of the Imprisoned Writer — November 15, 2021
Centerpiece

The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi

15 OCTOBER, 2021 • By Ramzy Baroud
The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi
Film Reviews

Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?

11 OCTOBER, 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?
Columns

Kurdish Poet and Writer Meral Şimşek Merits Her Freedom

4 OCTOBER, 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Kurdish Poet and Writer Meral Şimşek Merits Her Freedom
Art & Photography

Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

15 SEPTEMBER, 2021 • By Ara Oshagan
Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut
Essays

Why Resistance Is Foundational to Kurdish Literature

15 SEPTEMBER, 2021 • By Ava Homa
Why Resistance Is Foundational to Kurdish Literature
Essays

The Complexity of Belonging: Reflections of a Female Copt

15 SEPTEMBER, 2021 • By Nevine Abraham
The Complexity of Belonging: Reflections of a Female Copt
Latest Reviews

The Limits of Empathy in Rabih Alameddine’s Refugee Saga

15 SEPTEMBER, 2021 • By Dima Alzayat
The Limits of Empathy in Rabih Alameddine’s Refugee Saga
Editorial

Why COMIX? An Emerging Medium of Writing the Middle East and North Africa

15 AUGUST, 2021 • By Aomar Boum
Why COMIX? An Emerging Medium of Writing the Middle East and North Africa
Latest Reviews

Rebellion Resurrected: The Will of Youth Against History

15 AUGUST, 2021 • By George Jad Khoury
Rebellion Resurrected: The Will of Youth Against History
Latest Reviews

Beginnings, the Life & Times of “Slim” aka Menouar Merabtene

15 AUGUST, 2021 • By Menouar Merabtene
Beginnings, the Life & Times of “Slim” aka Menouar Merabtene
Latest Reviews

Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco

15 AUGUST, 2021 • By Sherine Hamdy
Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco
Latest Reviews

An Anthropologist Tells of 1970s Upheaval in “Turkish Kaleidoscope”

15 AUGUST, 2021 • By Jenny White
An Anthropologist Tells of 1970s Upheaval in “Turkish Kaleidoscope”
Latest Reviews

The Excellent Journey of Algerian Cartoonist Nadjib Berber

15 AUGUST, 2021 • By Nadjib Berber
The Excellent Journey of Algerian Cartoonist Nadjib Berber
Weekly

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12 AUGUST, 2021 • By Lawrence Joffe
World Picks: August 2021
Weekly

Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors

25 JULY, 2021 • By TMR
Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors
Essays

Gaza, You and Me

14 JULY, 2021 • By Abdallah Salha
Gaza, You and Me
Essays

Making a Film in Gaza

14 JULY, 2021 • By Elana Golden
Making a Film in Gaza
Weekly

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

4 JULY, 2021 • By Maryam Zar
The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Weekly

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3 JULY, 2021 • By TMR
World Picks: July 2021
Book Reviews

I was a French Muslim—Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter

23 MAY, 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
<em>I was a French Muslim</em>—Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter
Book Reviews

The Triumph of Love and the Palestinian Revolution

16 MAY, 2021 • By Fouad Mami
Art & Photography

Walls, Graffiti and Youth Culture in Egypt, Libya & Tunisia

14 MAY, 2021 • By Claudia Wiens
Walls, Graffiti and Youth Culture in Egypt, Libya & Tunisia
Essays

Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?

14 MAY, 2021 • By Taylor Miller, TMR
Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?
Essays

Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in

14 MAY, 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in
Essays

We Are All at the Border Now

14 MAY, 2021 • By Todd Miller
We Are All at the Border Now
Fiction

A Home Across the Azure Sea

14 MAY, 2021 • By Aida Y. Haddad
A Home Across the Azure Sea
Book Reviews

Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

28 MARCH, 2021 • By Joyce Zonana
Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy
Weekly

“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish

28 MARCH, 2021 • By Patrick James Dunagan
“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish
TMR 7 • Truth?

Poetry Against the State

14 MARCH, 2021 • By Gil Anidjar
Poetry Against the State
Poetry

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14 MARCH, 2021 • By TMR
A visual poem from Hala Alyan: Gaza
Weekly

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7 MARCH, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability
Interviews

The Hidden World of Istanbul’s Rums

21 FEBRUARY, 2021 • By Rana Haddad
The Hidden World of Istanbul’s Rums
TMR 6 • Revolutions

The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later

14 FEBRUARY, 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later
Book Reviews

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30 DECEMBER, 2020 • By Layla AlAmmar
The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”
Weekly

Cairo 1941: Excerpt from “A Land Like You”

27 DECEMBER, 2020 • By TMR
Cairo 1941: Excerpt from “A Land Like You”
Weekly

Academics, Signatories, and Putschists

20 DECEMBER, 2020 • By Selim Temo
Academics, Signatories, and Putschists
TMR 4 • Small & Indie Presses

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14 DECEMBER, 2020 • By Kaouther Adimi
Algiers, Algeria in the novel “Our Riches”
TMR 4 • Small & Indie Presses

Children of the Ghetto, My Name Is Adam

14 DECEMBER, 2020 • By Elias Khoury
Children of the Ghetto, My Name Is Adam
Weekly

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27 NOVEMBER, 2020 • By TMR
Breathing in a Plague
Centerpiece

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15 NOVEMBER, 2020 • By Raja Shehadeh
The Road to Jerusalem, Then and Now
World Picks

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28 SEPTEMBER, 2020 • By Malu Halasa
World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues
World Picks

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22 SEPTEMBER, 2020 • By TMR
Interlink Proposes 4 New Arab Novels
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Algiers, the Black Panthers & the Revolution

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