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Category: Editorial

15 October, 2022 • TMR

You Don’t Have to Be A Super Hero to Be a Heroine

In the new issue of TMR, the editors present their case for everyday women achieving the extraordinary as they overcome adversity.

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15 September, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Why Berlin?

Editor Jordan Elgrably introduces the BERLIN issue guest editor, Viola Shafik, and more than a dozen new contributors to TMR.

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15 July, 2022 • TMR

Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?

The world may be driving us crazy, but sharing our stories across cultures and borders is one way to hang on to our sanity.

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15 May, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

From the Editor: On Being “Palestinian” in Israel

TMR's chief editor reveals the behind-the-screens reality of naming the May 2022 issue, when "Palestinian Israeli" is a contested identity.

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15 January, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.

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15 August, 2021 • Aomar Boum

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

TMR’s guest editor Aomar Boum admires the growing movement of political cartooning in North Africa and the Middle East.

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14 May, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Why WALLS?

"I would like to break the walls of ignorance between East and West." Walls and barriers are what we erect when we have no words.

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15 March, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Why TRUTH? الحقيقه

Notes from the editor on truth and discernment.

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15 October, 2020 • TMR

Why “The Red and the Blue”?

What is an arts publication doing writing about "The Red and the Blue"—colors symbolic of the divisions of a troubled nation?

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15 September, 2020 • Jordan Elgrably

Beirut, Beirut

Our first editorial announces our debut issue devoted to Beirut.

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