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Animal Truths

Animal Truths

TMR's November issue deliberately eschews the binary and inspirational relationship between the proverbial “man and beast."

1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Malu Halasa
Hashem & Sara on Their Intimate Podcast, “Bath Ya Hashem”

Hashem & Sara on Their Intimate Podcast, “Bath Ya Hashem”

Mohammad Rabie lifts the lid on the makings of the popular Arab podcast "Bath ya Hashem," hosted and...

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Mohammad Rabie
Waking Up To My Distorted City—an Interview with Hisham Bustani & Linda Al Khoury

Waking Up To My Distorted City—an Interview with Hisham Bustani & Linda Al Khoury

Hisham Bustani and Linda Al Khoury talk to TMR about their new bilingual book and the urban distortions...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By TMR
From An Improvised Attempt to Understand Social Transformations in Amman: “urbane” behavior in a city that is not a city

From An Improvised Attempt to Understand Social Transformations in Amman: “urbane” behavior in a city that is not a city

An exclusive excerpt from the new bilingual Arabic-English book "Waking Up to My Distorted City" by Hisham Bustani...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Hisham Bustani
Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a...

10 JULY 2023 • By Reem Halasa
“The Agency”—a story by Natasha Tynes

“The Agency”—a story by Natasha Tynes

A shrewd businesswoman runs a matchmaking agency in Amman that finds brides for male clients based on a...

2 JULY 2023 • By Natasha Tynes
Jordanian Women Race-Car Drivers Work the Track

Jordanian Women Race-Car Drivers Work the Track

Reem Halasa profiles a handful of Arab women in Jordan who love to drive fast, compete and claim...

1 MAY 2023 • By Reem Halasa
The Alleys—Suspense and Scandal in East Amman

The Alleys—Suspense and Scandal in East Amman

Janine AlHadidi reviews the gritty mystery thriller set in east Amman that has Jordanians talking.

24 APRIL 2023 • By Janine AlHadidi
The Markaz Review Interview—Hisham Bustani

The Markaz Review Interview—Hisham Bustani

Rana Asfour interviews fellow Jordanian writer Hisham Bustani about his stories, writing in Arabic and ideas on history...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Kairo Koshary, Berlin’s Egyptian Food Truck

Kairo Koshary, Berlin’s Egyptian Food Truck

A serial entrepreneur, engineer and nomad settles in Berlin, only to start up an Egyptian food truck.

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Mohamed Radwan
Alchemy and the Deaf Blacksmith of Amman

Alchemy and the Deaf Blacksmith of Amman

Munir Atalla, the Brooklyn-based writer-director, recounts the story of a rather unusually happy, earnest man with a handicap...

15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Munir Atalla
Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared

Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared

In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old...

14 JUNE 2021 • By C.S. Layla
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