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Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

In a dystopian world, thanks to AI, people no longer die because they can be upgraded to better...

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

Former ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting...

MAY 29, 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
Jordanian Women Race-Car Drivers Work the Track

Jordanian Women Race-Car Drivers Work the Track

Reem Halasa profiles a handful of Arab women in Jordan who love to drive fast, compete and claim...

MAY 1, 2023 • By Reem Halasa
Squire, the Provocative Graphic Novel That Channels Edward Said

Squire, the Provocative Graphic Novel That Channels Edward Said

Katie Logan reviews a familiar coming-of-age story elevated by deep thinking about the nature of history, empire and...

APRIL 24, 2023 • By Katie Logan
In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir

In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir

Amal Ghandour reviews the new book from the author of "Palestinian Walks," "Occupation Diaries" and "Strangers in the...

MARCH 13, 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

In her Sudden Journeys column for February, Jenine Abboushi unfurls the Jordanian desert and mountains in the Wadi...

FEBRUARY 6, 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result...

FEBRUARY 5, 2023 • By Inaam Kachachi
Hot Summer Playlist: “Diaspora Dreams” Drops

Hot Summer Playlist: “Diaspora Dreams” Drops

Mischa Geracoulis reviews dance music from the LA Armenian/Middle Eastern duo, Bei Ru and Krista Marina.

AUGUST 8, 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
Hisham Bustani’s “The Monotonous Chaos of Existence” Bookgroup

Hisham Bustani’s “The Monotonous Chaos of Existence” Bookgroup

Free Event / 1 pm Eastern/18:00 UK/19:00 CET TMR invites you to participate in our monthly bookgroup conversation,...

MARCH 31, 2022 • By
Three Levantine Tales

Three Levantine Tales

Writer, translator and artist Nouha Hamad tells three tales passed down as family legend connecting the 19th and...

DECEMBER 15, 2021 • By Deborah Kapchan
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