The Fires of Shame; the Burn of Desire
Joumana Haddad lays bare the physical and cerebral journey that has led her to experience the best sex she's ever had.
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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.
LSD in the Arab World: Porn, Sade, and the Next-Door Flasher
In LSD's centerpiece, Joumana Haddad argues that with a dire need for political and economic reforms in most Arab countries, a sexual revolution should come first and foremost.
Don’t Ask me to Reveal my Lover’s Name لا تسألوني ما اسمهُ حبيبي
Mohammad Shawky Hassan reflects on the original story that informed the making of "Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?” two years after its world premiere.
What We Write About When We (Arabs) Write About Love
Eman Quotah reviews a new anthology of love poems by Arab poets writing in English in the diaspora and in country.
Naar, Are You illuminated?
A fiction that celebrates the indomitable spirit of women who embrace their agency.
The Angels of Desire
Youssef Rakha meditates on dreams and desire, and why he might just be ready to die for a stranger.
Desire and the Palestinian Kitchen
A take on desire from a masterful cook and Bethlehem chef, Fadi Kattan.
“Gluttony” from Abbas Beydoun’s “Frankenstein’s Mirrors”
Lebanese poet-novelist Abbas Baydoun reflects in an autobiographical mode on the melancholy of language and existence, while contemplating sweets.
Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah
Three poems of love and desire, composed in Beirut during the darkest days of the civil war, and war within war, by exiled Syrian poet Nouri al-Jarrah.