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Once Upon a Time in Gaza Wants to Be an Indie Western
The new feature from the Nasser brothers takes place in the context of Gaza's siege, but well before the present-day genocide.
Palestinian Cartographies—a review of Mapping My Return
Maps are narratives of the past, present, and future, powerful chronicles of presence and absence, ownership and theft, truth and lies.
September World Picks from the Editors
Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, concerts and several new recommended books for September to add to your reading list.
From Stitch to Symbol: The Power of Palestinian Tatreez
Palestinian embroidery is dynamic, and artists, designers, and makers are constantly finding new ways to innovate and reinterpret it.
TMR 53 • OUT OF OUR MINDS
Centerpiece
Trauma After Gaza
Joelle M. Abi-Rached reflects on the failures of psychiatry and psychiatric language in addressing the trauma arising from mass violence.
Featured Artist
Sara Shamma—Cleaving the World in Two
After living in London and Beirut, Sara Shamma returned to Damascus, where her hyperrealistic paintings reflect the chaos of today’s world.
Poetry Markaz
Mai Serhan on the poems in CAIRO: the undelivered letters
Mai Serhan is a Palestinian-Egyptian poet, writer, editor and translator. She is the author of, CAIRO: the undelivered letters and other titles.
Poet Christopher Merrill on Flares, a book of prose poems.
Christopher Merrill "is one of the most gifted, audacious, and accomplished poets of an extraordinary rich generation."—W. S. Merwin
TMR Interviews
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Food, Michael Fakhri, on Gaza
Lina Mounzer interviews UN Special Rapporteur Michael Fakhri on Gaza, food and famine.
Aida Šehović on the 30th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide
Bosnian-American artist Šehović marks the Srebrenica Genocide with an installation of cups filled with coffee — unsweetened and undrunk.
Latest Essays & Fiction
Trauma After Gaza
Joelle M. Abi-Rached reflects on the failures of psychiatry and psychiatric language in addressing the trauma arising from mass violence.
Remaining in Light: Iranians Search for Solace and Well-Being
Iranian doctors, psychotherapists, and exiled human rights advocates are exploring new talk therapy methods to combat despair amid authoritarianism.
All the Old Fears
Mohammad Rabie conducts a poignant self-examination, reflecting on a lifetime of fear from childhood to adulthood and its impact on his life.
Girl, Cat, Wolf Under the Bed
An exploration of our connections with animal symbols delves into how they intertwine with themes of fear, survival, the body, and language.
I Don’t Have Time For This Right Now
Fourteen million people have been displaced from Sudan due to the war, finding joy in life between the Hilo and the Murr.
The Midday Ghoul
Inspired by a famous Libyan folktale, “Azouz il-Gayla,” the tale intends to discipline children to keep them from playing outside during nap time.