World Picks from the Editors: October
Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures…TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide by Atif Abu Saif
A Gaza diary that is a physician’s personal testimony on life under excruciating, unrelenting bombardment, loss and hardship.
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Violence in The Horrors of Adana
A book addressing the Adana massacre and exploring the events and dynamics that lead to acts of violence and why ordinary people commit them.
Remembering Elias Khoury, 1948-2024
A few words from the editors on the passing of Elias Khoury, on September 15, 2024.
Rooja Mohassessy Presents 2 Poems from When Your Sky Runs Into Mine
Rooja Mohassessey presents two poems from her debut collection, “When Your Sky Runs Into Mine” from Elixir Press.
Kimiko Hahn Shares Two Poems from The Ghost Forest
Kimiko Hahn presents two poems from her forthcoming collection, “The Ghost Forest: New and Selected Poems” from W.W. Norton.
Tragic Consequences — On Western Meddling in the Middle East
Western democracies share responsibility for the political upheaval that has shaken the Middle East from the 20th century until today.
Top 10 Books to Read this Fall
Editors recommend their top ten titles to read this season, from novels set in Egypt, Zanzibar, Oman and Palestine to Afghan and Syrian nonfiction.
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Protected: 12 SEPTEMBRE 2024 Communiqué de presse
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Why GATEKEEPERS?
Free speech for the Middle East and North Africa — voices from across the center of the world — is what we fight for.
Featured Artists: “Barred From Home”
Refugee camps, control, and dispossessed lives by artists Heba Tannous, Mahmoud Alhaj, Tayseer Barakat, Alaa Albaba, and photographer Iason Athnasiadis.
Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo
Maha Al Aswad sheds light on Egyptian writer Mohammad Hafez Ragab, a literary figure of the 1960s whose works have been vastly overlooked.