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Atia Shafee: Raw and Distant Memories – Atia Shafee<\/p>\n

LA Sketches: Sneakers and the Man From Taroudant – TMR<\/p>\n

LA Sketches: Fred Saidy, Humorist – TMR<\/p>\n

LA Sketches: John Nazarian, Defender of the Underdog – TMR<\/p>\n

Two Poems by Sophia Armen – Sophia Armen<\/p>\n

L.A. Story: Poems from Laila Halaby – Laila Halaby<\/p>\n

LA Sketches: Dimitris Mahlis, Oud Artist – TMR<\/p>\n

Reza Abdoh: L.A.’s Theatre Visionary – Juliana Francis Kelly, Salar Abdoh<\/p>\n

“Where Are You From?” Identity and the Spirit of Ethno-Futurism – Bavand Karim<\/p>\n

The Alexandrian: Life and Death in L.A. – Noreen Moustafa<\/p>\n

Farzad Kohan: Love, Migration, Identity – Farzad Kohan<\/p>\n

Silver Stories from Artist Micaela Amateau Amato – Micaela Amateau Amato<\/p>\n

Baba Karam Lessons: Artist Amitis Motevalli – Amitis Motevalli<\/p>\n

L.A. Artist: Rachid Bouhamidi – Rachid Bouhamidi<\/p>\n

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TMR Issue 18 \u2013 14 articles \u2013 128 pages<\/p>\n

Acknowledging that the Middle East\/Mashriq & North Africa\/Maghreb are not \u201cover there\u201d but here, in European and American societies, present for centuries now, we present creative work about, from, taking place in or thinking about Los Angeles from afar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":30628,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[3209],"product_tag":[],"coauthors":[2196],"class_list":{"0":"post-29706","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-tmr-issues","7":"desktop-align-left","8":"tablet-align-left","9":"mobile-align-left","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"virtual","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLOS ANGELES - 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