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4 February, 2024 • Malu Halasa

Shoot That Poison Arrow to My Heart: The LSD Editorial

Our literary editor, Malu Halasa, introduces TMR 38 • LSD, our Love, Sex and Desire issue, published ahead of the 14th of February.

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4 February, 2024 • Lina Mounzer

Love Across Borders—on Romance, Restrictions and Happy Endings

Lina Mounzer reviews the new book by Anna Lekas Miller that gathers stories of love- and border-challenged couples.

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8 January, 2024 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Cyprus: Return to Petrofani with Ali Cherri & Vicky Pericleous

Arie Amaya-Akkermans talks to Lebanese and Cypriot artists about their work on the divided island of Cyprus.

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3 December, 2023 • MK Harb

“The Summer They Heard Music”—a short story by MK Harb

There are some long, languid and even dangerous summers that Beirutis can never forget, and this is one of them.

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16 October, 2023 • Seta Kabranian-Melkonian

Forging Peace for Artsakh—The Debacle of Nagorno Karabagh

The latest breach of a cease fire agreement in Azerbaijan left Armenians in Artsakh with nothing to rely on, writes Seta Kabranian-Melkonian.

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2 July, 2023 • Aliyeh Ataei, Siavash Saadlou

“My Mother is a Tree”—a story by Aliyeh Ataei

Aliyeh Ataei's new story centers on a young woman exploring herself as a writer while choosing life in Paris.

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4 June, 2023 • Hassan Abdulrazzak

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

London-based Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazak enthuses on the 2023 Shubbak theatre arts extravaganza, June 23-July 9.

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17 April, 2023 • Ara Oshagan

When a Country is not a Country—the Chimera of Borders

Writer-photographer Ara Oshagan mediates on the borders between North and South Korea and the blockaded enclave of Artsakh.

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17 April, 2023 • Seta Kabranian-Melkonian

Artsakh and the Truth About the Legend of Monte Melkonian

Seta Kabranian-Melkonian, author and widow of the late Monte “Avo” Melkonian, commander of the Artsakh War for Independence, recounts the tale.

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20 March, 2023 • Karim Goury

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

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20 March, 2023 • Karim Goury

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.

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5 March, 2023 • Anam Raheem

Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

Anam Raheem spent five years working in Gaza and the West Bank, and felt herself at home among the Palestinians who befriended her.

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31 October, 2022 • Jenine Abboushi

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.

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26 September, 2022 • Jenine Abboushi

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.

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15 September, 2022 • Maisan Hamdan, Rana Asfour

Phoneless in Filthy Berlin

Maisan Hamdan, a single Palestinian woman, attempts to survive in Berlin without a cell phone.

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