TMR 37 • Endings & Beginnings

Why Endings & Beginnings?

Why Endings & Beginnings?

An editorial from the editor in chief as we close the end of an often painful, difficult and...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
“The Summer They Heard Music”—a short story by MK Harb

“The Summer They Heard Music”—a short story by MK Harb

There are some long, languid and even dangerous summers that Beirutis can never forget, and this is one...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By MK Harb
“Of Wood and Hallucination”—fiction from Mansoura Ez-Eldin

“Of Wood and Hallucination”—fiction from Mansoura Ez-Eldin

After the war, a few scant survivors become one with the elements, and one takes to writing down...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Mansoura Ez-Eldin
“Twelve Angels”—fiction from Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi

“Twelve Angels”—fiction from Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi

In this short story by Egyptian writer Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, translated from Arabic, a man contends with his...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
“Kabul’s Haikus”—fiction from Maryam Mahjoba

“Kabul’s Haikus”—fiction from Maryam Mahjoba

In this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Maryam Mahjoba
The Paranda Network—Afghan Women Writing

The Paranda Network—Afghan Women Writing

Breaking stereotypes that their country is only about war, Afghan women continue to write despite the Taliban, writes...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Lillie Razvi
“The Waiting Bones”—an essay by Maryam Haidari

“The Waiting Bones”—an essay by Maryam Haidari

As this writer from Khuzestan remembers, the long Iran-Iraq war left many traces, names and ghosts in its...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Maryam Haidari
Almost Every Day—from the novel by Mohammed Abdelnabi

Almost Every Day—from the novel by Mohammed Abdelnabi

An exclusive excerpt from Mohammed Abdelnabi's latest novel "Almost Every Day," translated from the Arabic by Nada Faris.

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Mohammed Abdelnabi
Huda Fakhreddine’s A Brief Time Under a Different Sun

Huda Fakhreddine’s A Brief Time Under a Different Sun

Exclusive excerpt from Huda Fahreddine's "A Brief Time Under a Different Sun," translated from the Arabic by Rana...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Huda Fakhreddine
In the Beginning and the End is the Book

In the Beginning and the End is the Book

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf reviews Venetia Porter's latest which offers an analysis of over 60 artists’ books from the...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
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