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Fairouz is the Voice of Lebanon, Symbol of Hope in a Weary Land

Fairouz is the Voice of Lebanon, Symbol of Hope in a Weary Land

For April's column, music critic Melissa Chemam looks longingly at the legend of Lebanon's diva.

APRIL 25, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Joumana Haddad’s “The Book of Queens”: a Review

Joumana Haddad’s “The Book of Queens”: a Review

Laila Halaby on the new novel from Lebanon's multilingual feminist poet and powerhouse.

APRIL 18, 2022 • By Abeer Esber
Ghosts of Beirut: a Review of “displaced”

Ghosts of Beirut: a Review of “displaced”

Karén Jallatyan reviews the book of Beirut's Armenian community with photography by Ara Oshagan and an essay by...

APRIL 11, 2022 • By Rachid Bouhamidi
Music in the Middle East: Bring Back Peace

Music in the Middle East: Bring Back Peace

Our music columnist Melissa Chemam, disturbed by the war in Ukraine, makes the link between Odesa and Beirut...

MARCH 21, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three poems of love and desire, composed in Beirut during the darkest days of the civil war, and war...

MARCH 15, 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
Fiction from “Free Fall”: I fled the city as a murderer whose crime had just been uncovered

Fiction from “Free Fall”: I fled the city as a murderer whose crime had just been uncovered

TMR presents an exclusive excerpt from Abeer Esber's fourth novel, translated here by Nouha Homad, about a Damascene...

JANUARY 15, 2022 • By Abeer Esber
Sudden Journeys: From Munich with Love and Realpolitik

Sudden Journeys: From Munich with Love and Realpolitik

A family tragedy (we all have them), powerful forms of devotion and love, and a common political approach...

DECEMBER 27, 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Lebanon at the Point of Drowning in Its Own…

Lebanon at the Point of Drowning in Its Own…

Young Lebanese comic writer-illustrator duo Raja Abu Kasm and Rahil Mohsin convey what they think of corruption and...

DECEMBER 15, 2021 • By Megan Marshall
How to Hide in Lebanon as a Western Foreigner

How to Hide in Lebanon as a Western Foreigner

Translators Nadiyah Abdullatif and Anam Zafar bring us Lena Merhej's classic graphic novel on Merhej’s mother’s journey from...

DECEMBER 15, 2021 • By Sibeal Gordon
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in...

NOVEMBER 29, 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
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