The Middle East is Once Again West Asia
Ambassador Chas Freeman on the dynamism of West Asia and the west’s failing geopolitical grip on “the greater Middle East.”
Books That Will Chase me in the Afterlife
Novelist and TMR’s Arabic Editor Mohammad Rabie peruses his bookshelf and comes up with a tantalizing book list for the discerning reader.
Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine
Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé argues that the agency and resilience of the Palestinians shines in “Imagining Palestine.”
Sofia Alaoui’s Animalia is a Supernatural Thriller Shot in Morocco
As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event.
The Soil and the Sea: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering
Daniele Rugo’s documentary investigates Lebanon’s devastating civil war and ruminates on the conflict’s unmarked mass graves.
Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War
Pantea Amin Tofangchi grew up in poetry, war, death, conflict, beauty, hatred, love, and censorship all at the same time.
Three Poems from Annie Finch’s Earth Days
Annie Finch’s poetry is a pure tone that calls us home to the first impulse of poetry. We link to
What Palestine Brings to the World—a Major Paris Exhibition
Sasha Moujaes tours an expansive exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe, talking to the curator and several Palestinian artists.
Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?
Matthew Broomfield reviews a book on the Kurdish women’s movement, which challenges hierarchical, patriarchal society.
Arab American Teens Come of Age in Nayra and the Djinn
Katie Logan reviews a graphic novel that blends the real world with the fantastical in a coming of age journey.
Off to War—A Marriage on the Brink
Antony Loewenstein reviews the latest book from veteran war reporter Anjan Sundaram, whose work may have cost him his marriage.
Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Survives Another Assault
Hadani Ditmars reports on a legendary Palestinian theatre in Jenin that has nine lives and gives hope to the refugee camp’s youth.