Events

BOOK CLUB (ENG & FR), MONTHLY ONLINE ROUNDTABLES AND MORE

28 June 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “Gates of Paradise” by Taleb Alrefai

We will meet to discuss Gates of Paradise by Taleb Alrefai, translated by Kay Heikkinen on Sunday, June 28 ...

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26 July 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman” by Hamoud Saud, translated by Zia Ahmed.

We will meet to discuss The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman, a collection of short stories ...

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30 August 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “The Slightest Green” by Sahar Mustafa

We will meet to discuss "The Slightest Green" by Sahar Mustafa on Sunday, August 30 at 1 pm EDT/19:00 CET. 

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27 September 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “Floodlines” by Saleem Haddad

We will meet to discuss Floodlines by Saleem Haddad, online on Sunday, September 27 at 1 pm EDT/19:00 CET. The ...

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Past events

Négar Djavadi’s Disoriental, Sunday, Feb. 26, 12 noon Eastern

“Our memories select, eliminate, exaggerate, minimize, glorify, denigrate. They create their own versions of events and serve up their own reality.” —Négar Djavadi

26 February 2023 • 12:00 - 13:00
Out of Mesopotamia

We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion takes place, with the author, on Sunday, January 29, 2023, 1 pm […]

29 January 2023 • 13:00 - 14:00

Nov 2022 BookGroup Selection is “I Will Never See the World Again” by Ahmet Altan

Ahmet Altan, one of Turkey's best-known novelists was locked up in prison, the key thrown away.

1 January 1970 • 00:00 - 00:00

TMR Bookgroup Discusses “The Last White Man” by Mohsin Hamid

The Guardian calls Mohsin Hamid’s new novel “a hypnotic race fable,” in which “as white people suddenly awake in brown skin, they are forced to confront uncomfortable truths about power […]

30 October 2022 • 13:00 - 14:00

TMR Bookgroup Discusses Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home” with the author

When you live in a conservative society, you run the risk of censure. How far should a philosophy professor stick her neck out to make a point? Would you put it all […]

1 January 1970 • 00:00 - 00:00

TMR Bookgroup Discusses “The Handsome Jew” by Ali Al-Muqri

The Handsome Jew is a challenging and provocative novel that urges/ invites Muslims and Jews to contemplate themselves and the way they see the other through a doomed love story. This […]

28 August 2022 • 13:00 - 14:00

TMR Bookgroup discusses the stories of Ayelet Tsabari

Join the TMR Bookgroup when we discuss Ayelet Tsabari's short stories.

1 January 1970 • 00:00 - 00:00

TMR Bookgroup Discusses Short Stories published in TMR 22

Join the TMR Bookgroup when we discuss TMR 22's short stories!

1 January 1970 • 00:00 - 00:00
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