“The Passion of Evangelina”—fiction from Anthoney Dimos
Protests, jails and death characterize this short story set in Athen's Syntagma Square, the site of many 20th-century dramas.
Fiction
Flagbearer of a Stateless Nation, from “Daughters of Smoke and Fire”
The following is excerpted from Chapter 14 in Ava Homa’s Daughters of Smoke and Fire and appears in TMR by gracious arrangement with the author. Ava Homa When his… Continue reading Flagbearer of a Stateless Nation, from “Daughters of Smoke and Fire”
“Tattoos,” an excerpt from Karima Ahdad’s Amazigh-Moroccan novel “Cactus Girls”
In this excerpt from the Amazigh-Moroccan novel "Cactus Girls" by Karima Ahdad, a fierce small-town girl from the Rif named Sonya remembers what it was like growing up under the spell of heroic women. Like the cactus of the title, Ahdad’s women are survivors in a barren landscape, one filled…
“The Location of the Soul According to Benyamin Alhadeff”—a story by Nektaria Anastasiadou
Nektaria Anastasiadou weaves a rich tale of thwarted love between Sephardic and Rum residents of Istanbul.
Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”
There are times when you can think of little else but escaping your present reality, as Rashid does in this excerpt from Selma Dabbagh's novel on Gaza.
“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood
Novelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.
A Home Across the Azure Sea
We accompany a family fleeing civil war for safe harbor, in a short story by Aida Y. Haddad.