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White Torture Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement

White Torture Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement

Kamin Mohammadi (no relation) has read Narges Mohammadi's new book, even as the author sits in Evin Prison,...

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By Kamin Mohammadi
TMR’s Multilingual Lexicon of Love for Valentine’s Day

TMR’s Multilingual Lexicon of Love for Valentine’s Day

Expressions of love in Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish and Kurdish, to give Valentine's Day a new meaning.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By TMR
Displacement, Migration are at the Heart of Istanbul Exhibit

Displacement, Migration are at the Heart of Istanbul Exhibit

Jennifer Hattam reviews "After the Birds: Utopia" at Istanbul's Sadberk Hanım Museum — an exhibition inspired by refugees.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By Jennifer Hattam
The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon

The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon

Amal Ghandour, author of "This Arab Life," casts her penetrating gaze on the burdens of Lebanon, including the...

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Evelyne Accad reviews a new book on Lebanese women and war, a collection of oral stories told in...

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By Evelyne Accad
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

In her Sudden Journeys column for February, Jenine Abboushi unfurls the Jordanian desert and mountains in the Wadi...

FEBRUARY 6, 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of Fauda Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead

Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of Fauda Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead

Paris-based critic Brett Kline finds that the latest season of "Fauda" lacks in verisimilitude what it makes up...

FEBRUARY 6, 2023 • By Brett Kline
Post-Revolution, Arab Cinema is Producing Dystopic Narratives

Post-Revolution, Arab Cinema is Producing Dystopic Narratives

Viola Shafik has seen several post-thawra Arab features that convey a bleak and dystopian vision of the present.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023 • By Viola Shafik
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.

JANUARY 30, 2023 • By TMR
Bedazzled: Iran’s Rebel Feminists at London’s Curve Gallery

Bedazzled: Iran’s Rebel Feminists at London’s Curve Gallery

Malu Halasa tours the exuberant exhibition from artist Soheila Sokhanvari that celebrates strong Iranian women.

JANUARY 30, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
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