Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture
Mariam Elnohazy reviews "Media of the Masses," a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.
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The Art of Translation is Akin to “Dancing on Ropes”
Deborah Kapchan reviews the new book on translation from Anna Aslanyan.
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche
Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.
Marrakesh Artist Mo Baala Returns to Galerie 127 with Collage
El Habib Louai talks to artist Mo Baala about his latest exhibition of collages and overpaintings at Marrakesh's Galery 127.
Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival
Laëtitia Soula talks to Talaat El Singaby, founder of one of the world's largest annual guitar festivals.
A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria
Ghazi Gheblawi reviews "The Darkness Inside," a literary thriller set in the world of social media and foreign wars.
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1
In a new three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi lays bare the surveillance state.
The Egyptian Revolution and “The Republic of False Truths”
Aimee Dassa Kligman reviews the latest novel from the exiled author of "The Yacoubian Building."
From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands
Writing from Montpellier, Angélique Crux highlights four musical performances in a Middle Eastern arts festival that has no equal in Europe.
Two Ways to See Morocco from Across the Mediterranean
Nora Ounnas Leroy talks to three Moroccan artists participating in a Montpellier incubator project through the Festival Arabesques.
Vocalist Samira Brahmia Bridges France and Algeria with Love
For her 11th TMR music column, Melissa Chemam interviews the Algerian-French diva Samira Brahmia.
Muslims in the Americas—a review of “Praying to the West”
Francisco Letelier, a non-Muslim, reviews Omar Mouallem's "Praying to the West" from the outside looking in.
Why Berlin?
Editor Jordan Elgrably introduces the BERLIN issue guest editor, Viola Shafik, and more than a dozen new contributors to TMR.
Translating Walter Benjamin on Berlin, a German-Arabic Journey
Ahmed Farouk, the Arabic translator of Günter Grass, W. G. Sebald and Rosa Luxemburg, among others, struggles with Walter Benjamin.
“What Are You Doing in Berlin?”—a short story by Ahmed Awny
Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.