Ignoring the Drones: Introduction to Freedom to Read
TMR's literary editor gives insight and nuance to our Summer 2025 double literary issue.
TMR's literary editor gives insight and nuance to our Summer 2025 double literary issue.
Following the banishment of Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian artists are starting to return and exhibit new work at home and internationally.
Victor Hugo’s way still guides those building bridges across languages, faiths, and histories in a time of fear.
A meditation on how war distorts the perception of time, transforming events and emotions into distant memories.
Trekking through the diverse terrains of Britain, Norway, and Saudi Arabia, a geologist embarks on a journey of self-discovery and reconnecting with her roots.
Two women on the mend in the hospital, one a wife and mother, the other pining for a lover, both dream of a better life.
The “francophone” term limits books to the “Francophonie” section in French bookstores, and forces authors to focus on identity.
We're not quite at "Fahrenheit 451" where books in pyres are burned in public, but our freedom to read faces significant threats.
In Iraq, buildings don’t simply reflect ideology — they absorb it, transmit it, and sometimes resist it. Especially when left unfinished.
Palestinian Refaat Al-Areer was not just an academic. He was a living metaphor for Gaza’s steadfastness, writes his student Taqwa Al-Wawi.
A profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time, by Raja Shehadeh and Peggy Johnson.
After many years of being tormented, a man finally seeks revenge against past aggressors who have long since vanished. Or have they?
A tale set in the near-future exploring the world of banned books, repressed imaginations, dreams, and desires.
A story excerpted from Hassan Blasim’s forthcoming collection entitled "The Buried," to be published at the end of the year.
"Voices of Resistance" stands as a vital work of testimonial literature that refuses to be forgotten, writes Francesca Vawdrey.
A doctor writes on the grand multipara, “the great giver of multiple births” — women who have given birth five or more times.
Elias Khoury and Ilan Pappe discuss a mutual line of racism and victimization that runs through the Nakba and the Holocaust.
In Paranda, everyday activities like reading symbolize protest and resistance in homes, alleyways, and gatherings.
Nasser Rabah and other poets of Gaza are still writing — still sending their poems to us, because Palestine is literature.
U.S. asylees and refugees must consider the risks of visiting Syria against the lives they've established in the U.S.
Thoth invites readers to witness the struggles of Palestinians and raise awareness of the ongoing catastrophe in the West Bank.
Mouline and Leila recount their prison years in Morocco in the 1970s and '80s during the "Years of Lead" — a period characterized by heavy state repression.
Wasta and nepotism are at the heart of this short story by Yemen’s most prolific writer, theatre critic, and journalist.
What happens when a human-robot relationship forms? In near-future Dubai, an accident in a skyscraper holds the key to this question.