Should a Climate-Destroying Dictatorship Host a Climate-Saving Conference?
A year after committing ethnic cleansing, Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29 with little pushback from mainstream media.
November World Picks from the Editors
Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures…TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age
Iason Athanasiadis talks to Petra Molnar about her new book on automated decision-making technologies that facilitate institutional violence while eliminating accountability.
The Hybrid — The Case of Michael Vatikiotis
Rana Haddad interviews hybrid hopscotching writer Michael Vatikiotis on his colorful life and work spanning continents.
Courage and Compassion, a Memoir of War and its Aftermath
Nektaria Anastasiadou reviews polyglot Tony Molho’s memoir about the Holocaust in Greece and his family history.
Four poems from Modern Poetry of Pakistan
The first anthology of its kind to appear in English, “Modern Poetry of Pakistan” brings together many poetic traditions indigenous to Pakistan.
Waqas Khwaja—Two Poems from No One Waits for the Train
The poetry of Waqas Khwaja captures in image, narrative voice, and personal memory the terrible beauty of an innocence now lost.
Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami
Karim Goury reviews “Tatami,” a sports combat film depicting the conflict between suppressive male law and individual female empowerment.
Palestine, the Land of Grapes and Wine
Historic Palestine has always been a fertile agricultural land, a space of spirituality, and where wine was born and celebrated.
Aïda Nosrat of Atine: Artist at Work
Jordan Elgrably interviews free-spirited Iranian performer Aïda Nosrat on music, exile, freedom, and a passion for mixing cultures.
A Year of War Without End
In the guise of an editorial, senior editor Lina Mounzer struggles to find the words to describe the horror of the past year, and hopelessness as we confront endless war.
Khaled Jarrar: Artist At Work
Jenin artist Khaled Jarrar deploys photography, video, installations, films and performative interventions to explore contemporary power dynamics and how they affect everyday people.