Melissa Chemam

Nazareth’s Liwan Features Palestinian Singer Haya Zaatry

Nazareth’s Liwan Features Palestinian Singer Haya Zaatry

This month TMR's music critic Melissa Chemam discusses Palestinian arts and "cultural resistance" at Liwan in Nazareth, where...

21 FEBRUARY, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Rachid Taha and the Sway of Chaabi & Raï on Franco-Arab Rock

Rachid Taha and the Sway of Chaabi & Raï on Franco-Arab Rock

This month, TMR's music critic, Melissa Chemam, stumbles upon an unexpected exhibit of the history and influence of...

24 JANUARY, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Music in the Middle East: Business can’t Buy Authenticity

Music in the Middle East: Business can’t Buy Authenticity

180,000 electronic music aficionados attended the SOUNDSTORM festival in Riyadh this month, but as columnist Melissa Chemam writes,...

20 DECEMBER, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Electronic Music in Riyadh?

Electronic Music in Riyadh?

Music journalist Melissa Chemam turns in the first column as part of a new monthly series in which...

22 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Hassan Hajjaj Rocks NYC with “My Rock Stars” and “Vogue: the Arab Issue”

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...

9 MAY, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
IAM, Marseille’s Original Hip Hop Collective

IAM, Marseille’s Original Hip Hop Collective

Melissa Chemam on the origins and reverberations of Marseille's seminal rap group IAM.

17 APRIL, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Melissa Chemam considers the sixth novel by France's former teen sensation Faïza Guène and whether she is now...

7 MARCH, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Revolution Viewed from the Crow’s Nest of History

Revolution Viewed from the Crow’s Nest of History

Columnist Melissa Chemam argues we ought to take the long view on the Arab uprisings and remember the...

15 FEBRUARY, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Why is Arabic Provoking such Controversy in France?

Why is Arabic Provoking such Controversy in France?

Melissa Chemam takes us inside the French controversy over Arabic and radical Islam.

15 NOVEMBER, 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead

A Conversation with Arundhati Roy & Colson Whitehead

The novelists and essayists discuss these difficult times, the rise of neo-fascism in India and the U.S., and...

15 OCTOBER, 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
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