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Three stories published weekly

Insurrection of the Spirit: Algeria’s Resistance Poet Anna Gréki

Gréki’s poetry expresses her deep love for Algeria while also serving as a powerful tribute to resistance against colonialism.

21 MARCH, 2025 • By JORDAN ELGRABLY

Resistance and Revolution: on Ghassan Kanafani

Two new books reissue the writings of the heralded revolutionary, Ghassan Kanafani. Required reading for today.

14 MARCH, 2025 • By FARAH-SILVANA KANAAN

The Art of Arabic Translation: An Interview With Roger Allen

Yale scholar of Arabic language and literature Jonas Elbousty talks to one of the most prolific translators of the Arabic novel of the past 50 years.

14 MARCH, 2025 • By JONAS ELBOUSTY

The World After Gaza—a Review

Technology, rational division of labor, and deference to authority enabled ordinary people to contribute to acts of mass extermination in Gaza.

28 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By SELMA DABBAGH

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza—a Review

In his new book, Peter Beinart proposes a single state solution that would balance equality for all Israeli and Palestinian citizens within it.

28 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By DAVID N. MYERS

March World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...

28 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By TMR

Finding Emptiness: Gaza Artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut

Jim Quilty interviews Paris-based Gazan artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut about his new show, "Just in Case" at Sfeir-Semler Gallery, on through March 25.

21 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By JIM QUILTY

Palestinian Equals Arab Equals Human: on Najwan Darwish

The poetry of Najwan Darwish is “at once anti-nationalist yet profoundly and personally invested in the Palestinian cause."

21 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By EMAN QUOTAH

Omar El Akkad & Mohammed El-Kurd: Liberalism in a Time of Genocide

What two new books from Omar El Akkad and Mohammed El-Kurd tell us about the war on the Palestinian people.

14 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By REBECCA RUTH GOULD

The Western Way of Genocide

Gaza was meant from the start of the genocide to be bombed into rubble, to be made uninhabitable and to be depopulated of the Palestinians.

14 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By CHRIS HEDGES

“Culinary Palestine”—Fadi Kattan in an excerpt from Sumud

Celebrity Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan presents stories and recipes from his long experience cooking in Bethlehem and beyond.

31 JANUARY, 2025 • By FADI KATTAN

Yassini Girls—a Powerful Yet Flawed Account of Historical Trauma

Natasha Tynes reviews a Palestinian novel that thoughtfully examines intergenerational trauma, making it an insightful and worthwhile read.

31 JANUARY, 2025 • By NATASHA TYNES
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