TMR 47 • Genre Fiction

Salacious Criminality—Trenchcoat Detectives, Rogues & Smoking Guns

Salacious Criminality—Trenchcoat Detectives, Rogues & Smoking Guns

The Arabic crime novel can't compete with more popular genres including satire, horror, or historical fiction, but that...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Marcia Lynx Qualey
The Time-Travels of the Man who Sold Pickles and Sweets—an Excerpt

The Time-Travels of the Man who Sold Pickles and Sweets—an Excerpt

Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Khairy Shalaby
Traveling Crafts:  The Moon and Science Fiction in Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

Traveling Crafts: The Moon and Science Fiction in Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

Science fiction and dystopias figure prominently in Arab literature going back more than 100 years, writes Elizabeth Rauh.

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Elizabeth L. Rauh
“The Spirit of Mutiny”—speculative fiction

“The Spirit of Mutiny”—speculative fiction

An excerpt from a novel of speculative fiction envisioned a post-imperialist future, with Gaza as a key symbol...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Radhika Singh
Susan Abulhawa at Oxford Union on Palestine/Israel

Susan Abulhawa at Oxford Union on Palestine/Israel

Susan Abulhawa gave a speech at Oxford Union as a resolution passed determining "Israel is an apartheid state...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Susan Abulhawa
A Galaxy Run in 30 Minutes or Less

A Galaxy Run in 30 Minutes or Less

May Haddad delivers an exciting prequel featuring celestial courier Carna, who travels through time and space in 30...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By May Haddad
Barrack Zailaa Rima’s Beirut Resists Categorization

Barrack Zailaa Rima’s Beirut Resists Categorization

Rima offers readers an understanding of Beirut as both a single city and a city multiplied, a geographic...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Katie Logan
“Envy”—a story by Huda Hamed

“Envy”—a story by Huda Hamed

The ambivalence that leads to the break up of a decade-long marriage must first face a mother's wrathful...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Huda Hamed
“As Much of Life as the World Can Show”—a short story

“As Much of Life as the World Can Show”—a short story

A chance encounter, a flurry of SMS messages, and a week-long trip to London, make a long distance...

DECEMBER 6, 2024 • By Fil Inocencio Jr.
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