Lebanese civil war

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
Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Art critic Arie Amaya-Akkermans summons the gods of art and poetry as he reviews the life work of...

NOVEMBER 19, 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
The Anguish of Being Lebanese: Interview with Author Racha Mounaged

The Anguish of Being Lebanese: Interview with Author Racha Mounaged

A.J. Naddaff   Between the Parliament and the Royal Pathway in the center of Brussels, not too far...

OCTOBER 18, 2021 • By A.J. Naddaff
Racha Mounaged’s Debut Novel Captures Trauma of Lebanese Civil War

Racha Mounaged’s Debut Novel Captures Trauma of Lebanese Civil War

From time to time, TMR reviews recent titles published in other languages, to give readers insight before they...

OCTOBER 18, 2021 • By A.J. Naddaff
Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison

Memoirs of a Militant, My Years in the Khiam Women’s Prison

An exclusive excerpt from the memoirs of Nawal Qasim Baidoun, the Lebanese militant imprisoned by Israel.

OCTOBER 15, 2021 • By Nawal Qasim Baidoun
Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Ara Oshagan I am walking along the narrow and labyrinthine Armenian neighborhoods of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut—spaces with...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 • By Ara Oshagan
Lebanon’s Wasta Has Contributed to the Country’s Collapse

Lebanon’s Wasta Has Contributed to the Country’s Collapse

Novelist Samir El-Youssef recalls adolescent challenges and more recent experience where wasta was a necessity.

JUNE 14, 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Claire Launchbury writes of one man's long search for the truth about Lebanon's civil war, cut short by...

MARCH 14, 2021 • By Claire Launchbury
An Outsider’s Long Goodbye

An Outsider’s Long Goodbye

I love Beirut. I've lived there for longer than I've lived anywhere else on earth. But what happened...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 • By Annia Ciezadlo
Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift

Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift

Maalouf draws a line from pivotal years in Middle Eastern history to some of the most pressing dilemmas...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
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