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Lin May Saeed

Lin May Saeed

The November 2024 featured artist is the late German-Iraqi sculptor Lin May Saeed, much of whose work celebrated...

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Marjane Satrapi's edited anthology "Woman, Life, Freedom" shows that the story of the movement cannot be told with...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Katie Logan
Three Poems by Somaia Ramish

Three Poems by Somaia Ramish

Somaia Ramish's poems, originally in Persian, decry violence against women, underage or forced marriage, poverty and the impact...

JUNE 12, 2024 • By Somaia Ramish
Freedom—Ruminations of a Syrian Refugee

Freedom—Ruminations of a Syrian Refugee

It is obvious that we will never forget; but it is unclear how to proceed with “un-forgetting" writes...

MAY 3, 2024 • By Reem Alghazzi
Four Books to Revolutionize Your Thinking

Four Books to Revolutionize Your Thinking

TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, offers four books to challenge the world as we know it.

MARCH 3, 2024 • By Rana Asfour
Intimacy & Our Inner Sanctuary—an Interview with Rana Samara

Intimacy & Our Inner Sanctuary—an Interview with Rana Samara

For Palestinian artist Rana Samara, intimacy is not just about love and sex, but is a mixture of...

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Naima Morelli
Queer Khaleejis and Western Biases—Individual Freedom at Stake

Queer Khaleejis and Western Biases—Individual Freedom at Stake

Christina Paschyn talks to queer activists in the Gulf who challenge the Western narrative on oppression and freedom...

JUNE 26, 2023 • By Christina Paschyn
Arthur Kayzakian, The Book of Redacted Paintings

Arthur Kayzakian, The Book of Redacted Paintings

Armenian Iranian immigrant poet Arthur Kayzakian presents his debut poetry collection with a video and excerpts.

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Arthur Kayzakian
“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By Leila Aboulela
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.

JANUARY 30, 2023 • By TMR
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