TMR 36 • Architecture

Domicide—War on the City

Domicide—War on the City

According to Dr. Ammar Azzouz’s essay on domicide, taken from his new book, carpet bombing of Middle Eastern...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Ammar Azzouz
Atom Bombs and Earthquakes: Changing Arabian Culture Via Architecture

Atom Bombs and Earthquakes: Changing Arabian Culture Via Architecture

T.H. Shalaby maps out and questions architectural planning in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By T.H. Shalaby
Stitching Baluchestan: Embroidery as Topography

Stitching Baluchestan: Embroidery as Topography

Contemporary artist Bibi Manavi's research into the iconic fashion designs of Mehremonir Jahanbani led her to the farthest...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Bibi Manavi
Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer

Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer

Rabi Georges reviews and interviews innovative architect Oorvi Sharma in Abu Dhabi.

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Rabi Georges
Mounia Kansoussi: Time, Movement, Space

Mounia Kansoussi: Time, Movement, Space

An artist raised in Morocco living in Montpellier, influenced by architecture and Samuel Beckett, has a very particular...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Mounia Kansoussi
Experimental Saharanism: Exploiting Desert Environments

Experimental Saharanism: Exploiting Desert Environments

Brahim El Guabli urges us to studying deserts to push our thinking beyond ordinary notions of space and...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
“Before the Earthquake”—a short story by Salah Badis

“Before the Earthquake”—a short story by Salah Badis

In which a woman ponders the fate of the individuals who left behind their garments, now long forgotten,...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Salah Badis
The Bridge to Nowhere

The Bridge to Nowhere

Youssef H. Alshammari has composed a meditation on the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway in Kuwait — one...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Yousef H. Alshammari
Suad Aldarra’s I Don’t Want to Talk About Home

Suad Aldarra’s I Don’t Want to Talk About Home

Ammar Azzouz reviews Suad Aldarra’s memoir about Syrian life that exists beyond the headlines and numbers reported in...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Ammar Azzouz
The Floods of Derna: Historical Parallels to Libya’s Crisis

The Floods of Derna: Historical Parallels to Libya’s Crisis

Lama Elsharif finds that Derna’s harrowing flood proves a surprising catalyst for unity in a nation scarred by...

NOVEMBER 5, 2023 • By Lama Elsharif
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