TMR 40 • Paris

Why Paris?

Why Paris?

Editor Jordan Elgrably muses on a PARIS issue mostly from the viewpoint of its Arab and Middle Eastern...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Past Disquiet at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris

Past Disquiet at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris

Curators Rasha Salti and Kristine Khouri have assembled a formidable exhibition on museums and solidarity movements using art...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Kristine Khouri
Bani Khoshnoudi: Featured Artist for PARIS

Bani Khoshnoudi: Featured Artist for PARIS

Bani Khoshnoudi's work is often inhabited by displacement and uprooting, explore themes of exile, modernity and its violences,...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By TMR
Nass El Ghiwane’s Moroccan Folk, Radical Politics, Forged in Paris

Nass El Ghiwane’s Moroccan Folk, Radical Politics, Forged in Paris

Paris provided the grit and opportunity for Nass el Ghiwane to hone a new sound that would rock...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Benjamin Jones
Paris, Abstraction and the Art of Yvette Achkar

Paris, Abstraction and the Art of Yvette Achkar

Arie Amaya-Akkermans delves into Yvette Achkar's compelling artwork depicting the resilience of the human spirit in the face...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
When Fatma Haddad Became “Baya”—a Paris Art Story

When Fatma Haddad Became “Baya”—a Paris Art Story

Baya was among the first Algerian artists to be recognized by the art world in Paris. Though considered...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Naima Morelli
“Paris of the Middle East”—fiction by MK Harb

“Paris of the Middle East”—fiction by MK Harb

With tarot cards and a recipe for pickled turnips, Beirutis bid farewell to yet another friend leaving on...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By MK Harb
Holding Back the Bobos: Portrait of Paris’ Belleville

Holding Back the Bobos: Portrait of Paris’ Belleville

In Paris, Belleville struggles to hang on to its immigrant roots while the world's cities gentrify and price...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Cole Stangler
Undoing Colonial Geographies from Paris with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

Undoing Colonial Geographies from Paris with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

With genocidal violence raging in Gaza and muzzling of pro-Palestinian voices throughout France, Ariella Azoulay's word is now...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Sasha Moujaes
Happy as an Arab in Paris

Happy as an Arab in Paris

Wanis El Kabbaj fondly reminisces about his father's elation while in Paris and the profound significance the city...

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Wanis El Kabbaj
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