Lina Mounzer

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Food, Michael Fakhri, on Gaza

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Food, Michael Fakhri, on Gaza

Lina Mounzer interviews UN Special Rapporteur Michael Fakhri on Gaza, food and famine.

5 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Why Out of Our Minds?

Why Out of Our Minds?

Our senior editor in Beirut, Lina Mounzer, relates intimately to the theme of TMR 53, having experienced civil...

5 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Mama’s Kitchen

Mama’s Kitchen

A writer looks back on formative memories of her mother and grandmother in the kitchen and wonders about...

6 JUNE, 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
The Conqueror of Time—Egyptian Cryogenics

The Conqueror of Time—Egyptian Cryogenics

Nihad Sherif's 1972 novel is a pioneering Arabic sci-fi work on human cryopreservation, with prose reminiscent of Mahfouz...

6 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
A Year of War Without End

A Year of War Without End

In the guise of an editorial, senior editor Lina Mounzer struggles to find the words to describe the...

4 OCTOBER, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert's theory of meaning and form rests on a mystical conception of the nature of writing, alongside the...

5 JULY, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
The Arab Writer in Paris; Paris in the Arab Writer

The Arab Writer in Paris; Paris in the Arab Writer

Coline Houssais explores the rich tapestry of Arab literature intertwined with the poetic allure of Paris.

31 MARCH, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Why “Burn It all Down”?

Why “Burn It all Down”?

Senior editor Lina Mounzer articulates the inexpressible, inconsolable feelings at a time when genocide is occurring before the...

3 MARCH, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison

Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison

In tone, "Rotten Evidence" is cynical, bitterly funny, and oftentimes tender without ever being sentimental, writes Lina Mounzer.

12 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Love Across Borders—on Romance, Restrictions and Happy Endings

Love Across Borders—on Romance, Restrictions and Happy Endings

Lina Mounzer reviews the new book by Anna Lekas Miller that gathers stories of love- and border-challenged couples.

4 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
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