Why Out of Our Minds?
Our senior editor in Beirut, Lina Mounzer, relates intimately to the theme of TMR 53, having experienced civil war in Beirut.
Gaza
Trauma After Gaza
Joelle M. Abi-Rached reflects on the failures of psychiatry and psychiatric language in addressing the trauma arising from mass violence.
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.
Amal Doesn’t Even Know What a Banana Is: Child Malnutrition in Gaza
A writer in Gaza reports on the consequences of Israel's blocking humanitarian aid and medicines from entering the besieged territory.
“A Love That Endures”: How Tamer and Sabreen Defied War and Death
In Gaza, where airstrikes define life, two lovers still find a way to connect in a landscape scarred by shrapnel and scattered steel.
“Silence is Not the Way”—Arab Writers Against Israel’s Genocide
When one poet declines to participate on the international stage in Edinburgh, supporters of Palestinian human rights are in a quandary.
Hiding From Dragons—a short story set in Gaza
A magical realism short story exploring the horrific daily experiences of the Palestinian people and the radicalizing influence of violence.
Taqi Spateen Paints Palestine Museum Mural of Aaron Bushnell
Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. serviceman who self-immolated to protest the genocide in Gaza, has become a modern Palestinian martyr.
Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza
Gaza's senior poet Nasser Rabah presents two poems from his first collected works in English, new from City Lights.
Doaa: From a Dreamworld to the Ashes of Displacement
A Gaza writer's creative, hopeful sister struggles to get her degree and build a family in the midst of a grinding war.
23 Hours Inside State Dept. Press Briefings on the Gaza Genocide
The curator of the "Art of the Palestinian Poster" exhibition interviews two documentarians on their film "A Bunch of Questions With No Answers."
Arrested and Rearrested: Palestinian Women in the West Bank
Since October 7, Palestinian women in the West Bank have experienced increasing intimidation, imprisonment and violence.
Algerian-French Author Kamel Daoud on the Defensive
Embattled Algerian-French author Kamel Daoud won France’s most prestigious literary prize for a story he is accused of stealing.
Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza
Poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha who grew up in Gaza under the bombs has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
A Kashmiri in Cashmere
After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.