Should the United States End Life Imprisonment Without Parole?
Human rights activist Stephen Rohde argues that even in the most heinous of cases, life with the possibility of parole should be on the table.
Human rights activist Stephen Rohde argues that even in the most heinous of cases, life with the possibility of parole should be on the table.
The Markaz Review joins 15 Nobel Prize for Literature laureates and millions around the world in calling for Alaa Abd El-Fattah's immediate release.
Mireille Rebeiz takes issue with the dismal portrayal of Arabs and other Middle Easterners in a Hollywood superhero movie.
As a Muslim American and scholar of Islam, Sarah Eltantawi finds the new series from Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef cathartic.
Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.
In this, the second of a three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi continues her dystopic journey.
With illegal immigration from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Libya at an all-time high, desperate North Africans risk death on the Mediterranean.
Shreya Parikh joins an authentic ritual for the birth of the Prophet in her Tunis medina.
I. Rida Mahmood observes that while people in Iran and Arab countries are roiling for more equality and freedom, they are not taking any cues from the west.
Theatre and film artist Mahmood Karimi Hakak argues that the women-led movement in Iran is different from past uprisings and that women will become the new face of Iran.
For nearly 40 years, writes Sara Mokhavat, her generation in Iran has gone from one crisis to another.
For her 12th TMR music column, Melissa Chemam talks to eclectic electronica DJ/composer Hadi Zeidan.
Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.
Deborah Kapchan reviews the new book on translation from Anna Aslanyan.
Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.