Should the United States End Life Imprisonment Without Parole?
Human rights activist Stephen Rohde argues that even in the most heinous of cases, life with the possibility of parole should be on the table.
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Free Alaa Now
The Markaz Review joins 15 Nobel Prize for Literature laureates and millions around the world in calling for Alaa Abd El-Fattah's immediate release.
Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam
Mireille Rebeiz takes issue with the dismal portrayal of Arabs and other Middle Easterners in a Hollywood superhero movie.
Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy
As a Muslim American and scholar of Islam, Sarah Eltantawi finds the new series from Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef cathartic.
Abu Dhabi Shows Noura Ali-Ramahi’s “Allow Me Not to Explain”
Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2
In this, the second of a three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi continues her dystopic journey.
Thousands of Tunisians Are Attempting the “Harga”
With illegal immigration from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Libya at an all-time high, desperate North Africans risk death on the Mediterranean.
Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis
Shreya Parikh joins an authentic ritual for the birth of the Prophet in her Tunis medina.
Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World
I. Rida Mahmood observes that while people in Iran and Arab countries are roiling for more equality and freedom, they are not taking any cues from the west.
Women Are the Face of Iran’s Leaderless Revolution
Theatre and film artist Mahmood Karimi Hakak argues that the women-led movement in Iran is different from past uprisings and that women will become the new face of Iran.
Letter From Tehran: On the Pain of Others, Once Again
For nearly 40 years, writes Sara Mokhavat, her generation in Iran has gone from one crisis to another.
For Electronica Artist Hadi Zeidan, Dance Clubs are Analogous to Churches
For her 12th TMR music column, Melissa Chemam talks to eclectic electronica DJ/composer Hadi Zeidan.
Faces Hidden in the Dust by Ghalib—Two Ghazals
Tony Barnstone and Bilal Shaw present their book of Ghabib ghazals, translated from the Urdu.
The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”
The ultimate heroine of Iranian poetry, a poet of great audacity and extraordinary talent, is Forugh Farrokhzad.
We Say Salt from To Speak in Salt
Poet Becky Thompson talks about her new collection of poems devoted to the migrant crisis and the struggle to find home.