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Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

Beautiful Ghosts, or We’ll Always Have Istanbul

Looking for love and her father's past, a Turkish American journalist haunts the streets of Istanbul before and...

MARCH 27, 2023 • By Alicia Kismet Eler
Hanging Gardens and the New Iraqi Cinema Scene

Hanging Gardens and the New Iraqi Cinema Scene

Laura Silvia Battaglia, on the set of Hanging Gardens, explores the burgeoning Iraqi film scene in Baghdad.

MARCH 27, 2023 • By Laura Silvia Battaglia
A Conversation with Tunisian novelist Yamen Manaï

A Conversation with Tunisian novelist Yamen Manaï

Our correspondent in Tunis, Sarah Ben Hamadi, interviews Yamen Menaï, one of Tunisia's best-selling young novelists.

MARCH 27, 2023 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Sudden Journeys: Paris Arabe

Sudden Journeys: Paris Arabe

Jenine Abboushi wanders from Paris' chi-chi 16th to the quartiers populaires of Barbès-Rochechouart and the Goutte d'Or.

MARCH 27, 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Karim Goury
Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Karim Goury
War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

Rana Asfour reviews a collection of stories from writer and educator Zein El-Amine, who was born and raised...

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Meet Ghoula—Arabic Music Remixed Via Tunisia

Meet Ghoula—Arabic Music Remixed Via Tunisia

In her latest music column for TMR, Melissa Chemam profiles the genre-defying Tunisian electro artist Ghoula.

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
The Politics of Wishful Thinking: Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik

The Politics of Wishful Thinking: Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik

Katie Logan reviews the much-anticipated English version of the Egyptian graphic novel, a tour de force.

MARCH 13, 2023 • By Katie Logan
The Forced Disappearance of Street Vendors in Beirut

The Forced Disappearance of Street Vendors in Beirut

In the midst of Lebanon's economic crisis, UN policy and research specialist Ghida Ismail laments the vanishing of...

MARCH 13, 2023 • By Ghida Ismail
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