TMR 49
LOVE, WAR & RESISTANCE
Can love act as a transformative force during challenging times, in the face of 2000-pound bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation and expulsion?
- TMR 49
- Editorial
Why Love, War & Resistance?
Can love act as a transformative force during challenging times, in the face of 2000-pound bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation and expulsion?
- TMR 49
- CENTERPIECE
Love and Resistance in Online Persian Dating Shows
From blindfolding potential dates to threating them with cockroaches, Iranian YouTube dating game shows go viral and the regime takes action.
March 7, 2025 • By Malu Halasa- TMR 49
- Featured Artist
Mous Lamrabat
In his latest solo exhibition, Mous Lamrabat delves deep into the emotional weight of displacement, memory, identity and love.
March 7, 2025 • By Naima MorelliMORE FROM THIS ISSUE
“The Monster Is Gone”—a story by Anna Lekas Miller
How do you talk about war and exile with your child, when all you want to do is protect him from the truth?
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY ANNA LEKAS MILLER
Rawand Issa’s A Chicken’s Diary
Beirut graphic novelist Rawand Issa found she could begin to think more intimately about life and love by studying her mom's chickens, and roosters.
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY RAWAND ISSA
Illustrating Intimacy: Zeina Abirached Remasters The Prophet
In making sense of her own relationship to a globally beloved text, Abirached provides opportunities to experience "The Prophet" in new ways.
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY KATIE LOGAN
“The Monster Is Gone”—a story by Anna Lekas Miller
How do you talk about war and exile with your child, when all you want to do is protect him from the truth?
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY ANNA LEKAS MILLER
A Conversation Among My Homeland’s Trees
The Trees spoke above the screams, the fires, the bombs, the droughts, across the oasis, forests, and streams of her homeland.
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY ALIA YUNIS
Heartbreak and Commemoration in Beirut’s Southern Suburbs
In the southern suburbs of Beirut, women openly grieve those they have lost, in the wake of Israel's latest onslaught.
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY SABAH HAIDER
Manifesto of Love & Revolution
Power has thousands of faces in thousands of postures. When you cut off one of its heads somewhere, many others shall take shape elsewhere.
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY ISKANDAR ABDALLA
Hate Mail, Death Threats in When the Haboob Sings
A captivating novel about a woman’s challenging journey and her sacrifices to stay true to herself in a conformist world.
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY NEJOUD AL-YAGOUT
Afghanistan’s Histories of Conflict, Resistance & Desires
A new exhibition unravels the entangled histories and cultures of Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Western Europe through textiles.
7 MARCH, 2025 • BY JELENA SOFRONIJEVIC