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Interviews

7 November, 2022 • Rana Asfour

Abu Dhabi Shows Noura Ali-Ramahi’s “Allow Me Not to Explain”

Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.

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15 October, 2022 • Nora Lester Murad

Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance

Nora Lester Murad talks to Palestinian co-authors Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri about "They Called Me a Lioness."

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15 October, 2022 • Laëtitia Soula

On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together

Laëtitia Soula talks to an imam, a pastor and a rabbi, all women, who sat down to write a book together melding feminism and religion.

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3 October, 2022 • Laëtitia Soula

Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival

Laëtitia Soula talks to Talaat El Singaby, founder of one of the world's largest annual guitar festivals.

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15 September, 2022 • Viola Shafik

Ziad Kalthoum: Trajectory of a Syrian Filmmaker

Film historian Viola Shafik interviews Syrian filmmaker Ziad Kalthoum about his peripatetic life in Syria and beyond.

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15 September, 2022 • Ala Younis

On Ali Yass’s Die Flut (The Flood)

Berlin-based Jordanian artist and curator Ala Younis interviews Iraqi artist Ali Yass on his new work.

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15 May, 2022 • Sheren Falah Saab

Palestinian Rapper Tamer Nafar Goes the Distance: An Interview

Sheren Falah Saab talks to rapper-activist Tamer Nafar, who calls for joint Palestinian and Israeli "co-resistance" to the status quo.

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15 April, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Washington DC's artist-entrepreneur-philanthropist (and one-time mayoral candidate) Andy Shallal dishes on matters of hunger and racism.

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15 December, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

British Iranian actor, comedian and podcast host Omid Djalili opens up about comedy, racism and his beauty secrets in this informal interview with TMR's editor.

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25 October, 2021 • Mischa Geracoulis

Interview: Maria Armoudian on “Lawyers Without Borders”

Mischa Geracoulis interviews political historian Maria Armoudian about her newest book, Lawyers Beyond Borders, Advancing International Human Rights Through Local Laws and Courts.

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25 October, 2021 • TMR

Omar El Akkad on his second novel “What Strange Paradise”

Rana Asfour, Book Editor at The Markaz Review, and the TMR Bookgroup talk to author Omar El Akkad about his second novel What Strange Paradise.

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18 October, 2021 • A.J. Naddaff

The Anguish of Being Lebanese: Interview with Author Racha Mounaged

A.J. Naddaff   Between the Parliament and the Royal Pathway in the center of Brussels, not too far from the touristic Grand Place, there is a park with two parallel… Continue reading The Anguish of Being Lebanese: Interview with Author Racha Mounaged

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15 October, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Interview With Prisoner X, Accused by the Bashar Al-Assad Regime of Terrorism

A Syrian refugee successfully resettled in Brussels shares part of his story.

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14 July, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor

TMR's editor Jordan Elgrably talks to young Malak Mattar in Gaza, who has survived massive state violence and begun a promising career in art.

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27 June, 2021 • Mark LeVine

Q & A with Nili Belkind on “Music in Conflict” in Palestine-Israel

Musician and Middle East historian Mark LeVine interviews ethnomusicologist Nili Belkind on her new book profiling Palestinian and Israeli musicians.

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