TMR Issue Nº43 • SUMMER FICTION ’24

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TMR Issue 43 – 26 articles –  303 pages

Every summer TMR publishes a big double fiction issue, along with a recommended summer reading list. In this issue, several stories are new translations from Arabic, Persian, and Greek, from such writers as Huda Hamed, Nora Nagi, Odai Al Zoubi, Alireza Iranmehr and Nektaria Anastasiadou. There are also personal essays and reviews, plus an interview with featured artist Deena Mohamed. Reading is for all and any time of the year — not just for the summer.

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Why Summer Fiction? For the Wonders & Miracles – Malu Halasa

Deena Mohamed – The Featured artist

The Top 12 Books to Read This Summer – Rana Asfour

Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving – Ahmed Naji

“The Social Media Kids”—a short story by Qais Akbar Omar

Flaubert’s Poison Pen – Tarek Abi Samra

“An Inherited Offense”—a Levantine story on the island of Leros – Nektaria Anastasiadou

The Mourning Diaries of Atash Shakarami – Poupeh Missaghi

“A Blind Window on Childhood”—a short story by Hamoud Saud

“Ten-Armed Gods”—a short story by Odai Al Zoubi

“The Lakshmi of Suburbia”—a story by Natasha Tynes

“Firefly”—a short story by Alireza Iranmehr

 

 

 

 

“The Cockroaches”—flash fiction – Stanko Uyi Sršen

“Keeping Up”—fiction from Mohamed Farag

Victoria—An Excerpt – Karoline Kamel

“The Doll with the Purple Scarf”—flash fiction from Diaa Jubaili

The Butcher’s Assistant—a true story set in Alexandria – Bel Parker

“Certainty”—a short story by Nora Nagi

“We Danced”—a story by MK Harb

“The Mulberry Tree”—an excerpt from Altercation in Jahannam – Mohammed Alnaas

“Madame Djouzi”—a story by Salah Badis

“Frida Kahlo’s Mustache”—flash fiction from Abdullah Nasser

“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali

“Besara”—an excerpt from Things Are Not in Their Place – Huda Hamed

Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman – Fawzi Zabyan

Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran – Katie Logan