Filmmaker Yasmin Fedda and arts activist Daniel Gorman share their reflections of a three-day visit to Syria early this year.
24 JANUARY, 2025 • By YASMIN FEDDA
Alex Tan reviews the new chronology of poems from Lebanon's bard of war and exile, Wadih Saadeh, translated by Robin Moger.
24 JANUARY, 2025 • By ALEX TAN
Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
24 JANUARY, 2025 • By TMR
Karim Goury reviews the Iranian film, "My Favorite Cake," a celebration of love in the twilight of life, in a society where prohibition and surveillance reign.
17 JANUARY, 2025 • By KARIM GOURY
A conversation in which two Arabic to English translators and scholars consider language and Gaza with respect to the west's racism and indifference.
17 JANUARY, 2025 • By YASMEEN HANOOSH
Ashour’s "Granada" trilogy arrives during the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and a long arc completes a circle of horror.
17 JANUARY, 2025 • By GUY MANNES-ABBOTT
A review of a book that offers a portrait of a royal dynasty whose decline has significantly shaped the modern world.
10 JANUARY, 2025 • By AZADEH MOAVENI
Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.
10 JANUARY, 2025 • By JELENA SOFRONIJEVIC
TMR's five main editors have selected two of our favorite stories of the year for your reading pleasure. Of course, we are utterly subjective.
28 DECEMBER, 2024 • By TMR
Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
28 DECEMBER, 2024 • By TMR
Sophie Kazan Makhlouf interviews international Moroccan artist Mounir Fatmi on his studio practice, why he makes art, and what he thinks of global audiences.
28 DECEMBER, 2024 • By SOPHIE KAZAN MAKHLOUF
Zahra Hankir reviews Hazem Jamjoum's English translation of Palestinian novelist Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's novel "No One Knows Their Blood Type."
20 DECEMBER, 2024 • By ZAHRA HANKIR
