The Orchards of Basra, a novel by Mansoura Ez-Eldin Interlink Publishing 2025 ISBN 9781626499815 Mansoura Ez-Eldin’s The Orchards...
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In Iraq, buildings don’t simply reflect ideology — they absorb it, transmit it, and sometimes resist it. Especially...
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Hassan Blasim’s work is not imitation. His is a voice forged in exile, and steeped in the paradoxes...
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An NYU professor who has frequently taught this Iraqi novel finds that two months into Trump 2.0, its...
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Baxtyar Hamasur has dedicated his life to stories, even wearing a pair of story glasses. “I see everything...
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TMR's November issue deliberately eschews the binary and inspirational relationship between the proverbial “man and beast."
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The November 2024 featured artist is the late German-Iraqi sculptor Lin May Saeed, much of whose work celebrated...
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Gatekeepers of Baghdad decide who lives, who dies, during 2019 protests against high unemployment, state corruption, and poor...
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