“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela
Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising in Tahrir Square.
Tag: freedom
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr
A journalist in Tehran walks defiantly without covering her hair through one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.
Gultrah Sound System: Tunisia’s Sound of Freedom
Melissa Chemam explores the Tunisian neo-rap and reggae group from Tunisia that sings for social and political freedom.
Letter to the Editor Re “Questionable Thinking on Syria”
Dr. Abdullah Chahin, author of a book on the Syrian quagmire, responds to the TMR review of his book.
“The Peacock” — New Fiction from Sahar Mustafah
A Palestinian woman battles both the patriarchy and the occupation to free herself from the toxic jurisdiction men have claimed over her.
Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”
From one of the most prominent contemporary authors and poets from Iraqi Kurdistan comes an unforgettable tale of oppression, and freedom.
Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet
India Hixon Radfar A Dove In Free Flight, Selected Poems of Faraj Bayrakdar Edited & introduced by Ammiel Alcalay and Shareah Taleghani Upset Press (October 2021) The truth is… Continue reading Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet
They Came for Muslims and Immigrants, Then They Came for Me
When a repressive government moves against the most despised in society, if left unchecked, no one is safe and it will move against its own citizens.