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Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah

Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah

The food blogger who launched Palestine in a Dish gives us some background on the wonderful green herbalicious...

JULY 25, 2021 • By Brahim El Guabli
Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors

Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors

Our editors reveal their diverse literary interests, with more than a dozen recommendations for summer reading.

JULY 25, 2021 • By
Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية

Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية

A Bethlehem chef reaches back to childhood to fish out a family recipe for delicious fatteh he remembers...

JULY 25, 2021 • By Ella Shohat
“Hot Maroc” Satirizes Marrakesh, Moroccan Society

“Hot Maroc” Satirizes Marrakesh, Moroccan Society

El Habib Louai on the Moroccan novel that sizes up and lampoons a country coming into its own...

JULY 11, 2021 • By Mark LeVine
The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Maryam Zar reviews the new biography from Kai Bird, examining the one-term president who went on to change...

JULY 4, 2021 • By Myriam Gurba
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

Jessica Proett reviews Salar Abdoh's empirical novel set during the days when ISIS was running loose across Iraq...

JULY 4, 2021 • By Jessica Proett
World Picks: July 2021

World Picks: July 2021

Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…well, in some...

JULY 3, 2021 • By
A New Book on Music, Palestine-Israel & the “Three State Solution”

A New Book on Music, Palestine-Israel & the “Three State Solution”

TMR reviews a new book on Palestinian and Israeli musicians looks at the border zones and interstices of...

JUNE 28, 2021 • By Yara Chaalan
Q & A with Nili Belkind on “Music in Conflict” in Palestine-Israel

Q & A with Nili Belkind on “Music in Conflict” in Palestine-Israel

Musician and Middle East historian Mark LeVine interviews ethnomusicologist Nili Belkind on her new book profiling Palestinian and...

JUNE 27, 2021 • By Yara Chaalan
Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”

Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”

Myriam Gurba reviews a book that argues that some "white feminists accept the benefits conferred by white supremacy...

JUNE 6, 2021 • By Ilan Pappé
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