December World Picks from the Editors
Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
What We’re Into
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche
Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.
An Oral History of Mouloukhiya from Egypt, Palestine, Tunisia and Japan
Four cooks from Egypt to Japan talk about their family lore and personal experience preparing mouloukhiya.
The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture
Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir by former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi.
Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah
The food blogger who launched Palestine in a Dish gives us some background on the wonderful green herbalicious recipe known throughout the Arab world.
Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors
Our editors reveal their diverse literary interests, with more than a dozen recommendations for summer reading.
Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية
A Bethlehem chef reaches back to childhood to fish out a family recipe for delicious fatteh he remembers eating in Gaza.
Hassan Hajjaj Rocks NYC with “My Rock Stars” and “Vogue: the Arab Issue”
One of Morocco's greatest artistic exports brings his flamboyant vision to the Yossi Milo Gallery and the Fotografiska museum.
Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds
BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.
Free Speech, Palestinian Stories and the Oscars
In anticipation of Sunday's Oscars, in which another Palestinian film has been nominated, Jordan Elgrably talks to Palestinians and Israelis about their films and activism.
TMR Resource Guide to Armenian Culture
The first of many new resource guides to the arts of a particular culture, in this case, Armenian. Readers are invited to contribute their own recommendations.
“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish
Reviewer Patrick James Dunagan on poetry that strives to cope with the anguish of Israel's decades-long military occupation of the Palestinian people.
Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy
Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.
Threading the Needle: Najwa Najjar’s “Between Heaven and Earth”
Ammiel Alcalay reviews writer/director Najwa Najjar's third feature film—"part road movie, part mystery, part thriller."
What We’re Into
What we're reading, watching, listening to and otherwise indulging in (comments welcome).