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Surviving the Rittenhouse Verdict

Surviving the Rittenhouse Verdict

C. Michael Johnson responds to news of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. TMR invites readers to respond to the...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By C. Michael Johnson
Three Banned Saudi Novels Everyone Should Read

Three Banned Saudi Novels Everyone Should Read

Despite its repressive regimes, Saudi Arabia has produced a number of world-class novelists — several of whom have...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By TMR
Electronic Music in Riyadh?

Electronic Music in Riyadh?

Music journalist Melissa Chemam turns in the first column as part of a new monthly series in which...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Melissa Chemam
Hayy Jameel — Jeddah’s Sparkling New Center for the Arts

Hayy Jameel — Jeddah’s Sparkling New Center for the Arts

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is home to a major new arts and cultural center, opening to the public on...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By
Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

When friends in Abu Dhabi asked Deborah Williams how she could support MBS by going to “his” festival,...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Deborah Williams
The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

What happens when an immigrant professor dresses to impress in a bid to land tenure at a Saudi...

NOVEMBER 22, 2021 • By Claire Berlinski
Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Art critic Arie Amaya-Akkermans summons the gods of art and poetry as he reviews the life work of...

NOVEMBER 19, 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
A Street in Marrakesh Revisited

A Street in Marrakesh Revisited

In which the editor of "Poetic Justice: An Anthology of Contemporary Moroccan Poetry" remembers her introduction to life...

NOVEMBER 8, 2021 • By Deborah Kapchan
Day of the Imprisoned Writer — November 15, 2021

Day of the Imprisoned Writer — November 15, 2021

TMR On November 15th, every year now for the last 40 years, PEN International has observed the Day...

NOVEMBER 8, 2021 • By TMR
The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

Marian Janssen, biographer of a forthcoming volume on the flamboyant American poet Carolyn Kizer, reviews the new memoir...

NOVEMBER 8, 2021 • By Gil Anidjar
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