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Sara Shamma — Cleaving the World in Two

Sara Shamma — Cleaving the World in Two

After living in London and Beirut, Sara Shamma returned to Damascus, where her hyperrealistic paintings reflect the chaos...

SEPTEMBER 5, 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
The anger and sadness I brought back from Damascus. And the urge to shave my head

The anger and sadness I brought back from Damascus. And the urge to shave my head

Batoul Ahmad, during a ten-year absence from Damascus, reconstructs her sense of home through memory and self-discovery in...

MAY 2, 2025 • By Batoul Ahmad
On Forgiveness and Path—an Exhibition in Damascus

On Forgiveness and Path—an Exhibition in Damascus

In post-regime Syria, forgiveness is not resolution—it’s a quiet demand for justice in the language of art.

APRIL 18, 2025 • By Robert Bociaga
Three Nights in Free Syria

Three Nights in Free Syria

Filmmaker Yasmin Fedda and arts activist Daniel Gorman share their reflections of a three-day visit to Syria early...

JANUARY 24, 2025 • By Yasmin Fedda
Return to Damascus…the Long Road Home

Return to Damascus…the Long Road Home

A son of Hama — a former prisoner and now a TV correspondent — takes his first steps...

DECEMBER 13, 2024 • By Zaher Omareen
30 Recommended Books on Syria

30 Recommended Books on Syria

TMR editors have compiled a list of 30 of their favorite titles on Syria, including novels, nonfiction and...

DECEMBER 13, 2024 • By TMR
Soudade Kaadan: Filmmaker Interview

Soudade Kaadan: Filmmaker Interview

Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan is a jury member of the 81st Venice Film Festival, and the only Arab woman...

AUGUST 30, 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

True reflections of a former officer of the law in Lebanon from his hit memoir, translated by Lina...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Fawzi Zabyan
“WE” and “4978 and One Nights” by Ghayath Almadhoun

“WE” and “4978 and One Nights” by Ghayath Almadhoun

A Syrian and Swedish poet of Palestinian heritage, Ghayath Almadhoun lives between Stockhold and Berlin.

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Ghayath Al Madhoun
The Day My Life Ended, It Began

The Day My Life Ended, It Began

What could have been the end of life was instead a milestone that led to the writer's greatest...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Karim Shamshi-Basha
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