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Reading The Orchards of Basra

Reading The Orchards of Basra

The Orchards of Basra, a novel by Mansoura Ez-Eldin Interlink Publishing 2025 ISBN 9781626499815   Mansoura Ez-Eldin’s The Orchards...

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Architecture and Political Memory

Architecture and Political Memory

In Iraq, buildings don’t simply reflect ideology — they absorb it, transmit it, and sometimes resist it. Especially...

JULY 4, 2025 • By Meriam Othman
Return to Iraq: Sama Alshaibi’s ‘طرس’

Return to Iraq: Sama Alshaibi’s ‘طرس’

Sama Alshaibi’s new project focuses on the spatial, material, and technological fragments that narrate the story of a...

MAY 2, 2025 • By Yasmine Al Awa
Radwa Ashour’s Classic Granada Now in a New English Edition

Radwa Ashour’s Classic Granada Now in a New English Edition

Ashour’s "Granada" trilogy arrives during the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and a long arc completes...

JANUARY 17, 2025 • By Guy Mannes-Abbott
“Dear Sniper” —a short story by Ali Ramthan Hussein

“Dear Sniper” —a short story by Ali Ramthan Hussein

Gatekeepers of Baghdad decide who lives, who dies, during 2019 protests against high unemployment, state corruption, and poor...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 • By Ali Ramthan Hussein
Regarding the Photographs of Others—An Iraqi Journey Toward Remembering

Regarding the Photographs of Others—An Iraqi Journey Toward Remembering

Photographs of Iraqis imply doom due to generational violence, even in happy pictures.

MAY 3, 2024 • By Nabil Salih
Feurat Alani: Paris, Fallujah and Recovered Memory

Feurat Alani: Paris, Fallujah and Recovered Memory

Feurat Alani, a French novelist of Iraqi descent, succeeds in capturing the connections between two disparate cultural spheres.

APRIL 1, 2024 • By Nada Ghosn
“The Beggar King”—a short story by Michael Scott Moore

“The Beggar King”—a short story by Michael Scott Moore

Michael Scott Moore channels veteran experiences through a wily cat as an Iraq war vet tries to readapt...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 • By Michael Scott Moore
A Stranger in Baghdad with Elizabeth Loudon

A Stranger in Baghdad with Elizabeth Loudon

Novelist Elizabeth Louden joins TMR's Book Club moderated by Rana Asfour.

AUGUST 2, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Why Isn’t Ghaith Abdul-Ahad a Household Name?

Why Isn’t Ghaith Abdul-Ahad a Household Name?

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the Iraqi correspondent's new memoir on Middle East wars and asks questions.

JULY 10, 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
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