Siena and Her Art Soothe a Writer’s Grieving Soul
Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.
Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.
Saliha Haddad reviews the third novel in English translation by Egyptian writer Hamdi Abu Golayyel.
An Egyptian American daughter recalls the enduring love her immigrant father harbored for Los Angeles and the American Dream.
Jordan Elgrably reviews the recent feature film from directors Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf.
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.
Omar Foda draws on family lore and field work to weave together a satirical tale of ego and power in 1920s Egypt.
Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Egypt.
Nevine Abraham Growing up in Shoubra, one of the most populated Christian suburbs of Cairo, I met all my Muslim friends at a French Catholic school, which they and I attended for twelve years. We spent recess together, exchanged visits and play dates, and shared teenage secrets. Our friendship…
TMR’s guest editor Aomar Boum admires the growing movement of political cartooning in North Africa and the Middle East.
The Lebanese cartoonist and BD historian George “Jad” Khoury gives an in-depth overview of contemporary comix across the Arab world.
Anthropologist and comix author Sherine Hamdy provides a brief overview of new and recent Arab & Middle Eastern women’s political cartooning.
The screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.
Maryam Zar reviews the new biography from Kai Bird, examining the one-term president who went on to change the world.
Former Egypt and Turkey-based photographer Claudia Wiens documents street art of the Arab Spring.
Mischa Geracoulis remembers Zahra's Paradise along with the Arab awakenings, George Floyd, Covid-19 and Groundhog Day.