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Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Mireille Rebeiz takes issue with the dismal portrayal of Arabs and other Middle Easterners in a Hollywood superhero...

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 • By Katharine Halls
Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy

Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy

As a Muslim American and scholar of Islam, Sarah Eltantawi finds the new series from Mo Amer and...

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 • By Sarah Eltantawi
Abu Dhabi Shows Noura Ali-Ramahi’s “Allow Me Not to Explain”

Abu Dhabi Shows Noura Ali-Ramahi’s “Allow Me Not to Explain”

Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 • By TMR
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

In this, the second of a three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi continues her dystopic journey.

OCTOBER 31, 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Thousands of Tunisians Are Attempting the “Harga”

Thousands of Tunisians Are Attempting the “Harga”

With illegal immigration from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Libya at an all-time high, desperate North Africans risk death...

OCTOBER 31, 2022 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis

Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis

Shreya Parikh joins an authentic ritual for the birth of the Prophet in her Tunis medina.

OCTOBER 31, 2022 • By Shreya Parikh
Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World

Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World

I. Rida Mahmood observes that while people in Iran and Arab countries are roiling for more equality and...

OCTOBER 24, 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
Women Are the Face of Iran’s Leaderless Revolution

Women Are the Face of Iran’s Leaderless Revolution

Theatre and film artist Mahmood Karimi Hakak argues that the women-led movement in Iran is different from past...

OCTOBER 24, 2022 • By Mohamed Radwan
Letter From Tehran: On the Pain of Others, Once Again

Letter From Tehran: On the Pain of Others, Once Again

For nearly 40 years, writes Sara Mokhavat, her generation in Iran has gone from one crisis to another.

OCTOBER 24, 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
For Electronica Artist Hadi Zeidan, Dance Clubs are Analogous to Churches

For Electronica Artist Hadi Zeidan, Dance Clubs are Analogous to Churches

For her 12th TMR music column, Melissa Chemam talks to eclectic electronica DJ/composer Hadi Zeidan.

OCTOBER 24, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
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