Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.
27 JUNE 2022 • By Rana Asfour
In this magical tale set in Lebanon and on a mysterious Mediterranean island, people dream of escape while...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
Nora Lester Murad reviews a "far-fetched" story of a marriage between a Palestinian Muslim and an American Jew.
16 MAY 2022 • By Youssef Rakha
Palestinian Israeli Maurice Ebileeni looks at the Palestinian experience within and beyond the homeland.
11 MAY 2022 • By Neve Gordon
Saliha Haddad reviews the third novel in English translation by Egyptian writer Hamdi Abu Golayyel.
18 APRIL 2022 • By Reem Mouasher
Sherine Elbanhawy lives in the pages of a memoir in verse and finds herself reluctant to leave, identifying...
15 MARCH 2022 • By Sherine Elbanhawy
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer"...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By TMR
Shereen Malherbe reviews a new book from a first-time Gazan author based in London.
1 AUGUST 2021 • By Menouar Merabtene
Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…welcome to the...
16 MAY 2021 • By Fouad Mami
A new poem by Sholeh Wolpé from the forthcoming collection, Abacus of Loss, University of Arkansas Press 2022.
14 MAY 2021 • By Taylor Miller