TMR asked writers and artists what motivation can remain, in times of war, to write or create art?...
10 APRIL 2026 • By TMR
The civilizational supremacy of the West is under threat, insisted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a...
3 APRIL 2026 • By Ayça Çubukçu
A writer imagines Iran one year in the future, after the bombs have stopped falling, and the resulting...
3 APRIL 2026 • By Shahram Khosravi
No one in Lebanon is ever out of the fray, not even those who are very far away...
27 MARCH 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
This month, Souseh answers two letters from readers distressed by the outbreak of war, and notably the cognitive...
27 MARCH 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Iranians emerging from the rubble of war have their own struggle ahead. But the lessons travel: resistance has...
20 MARCH 2026 • By Nojang Khatami
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming battlegrounds, and is at the heart of many international assassinations.
13 MARCH 2026 • By Iason Athanasiadis
These on-the-ground notes from Iran reject oversimplification and one-sided narratives: "There is layer upon layer."
23 JANUARY 2026 • By M. Nateqnuri
Neshat’s work reminds us that Iran has always contained multitudes: radical artists, secular thinkers, feminists, modernists.
16 JANUARY 2026 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
In this dissection of Trumpian spectacle, TMR columnist Amal Ghandour digs into the root (evil) of Empire.
16 JANUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Alex Demyanenko argues there is a better film trying to break free — the urgency is real, even...
12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
In this short story translated from Persian, an ordinary day swiftly — and brutally — changes course.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Abdollah Nazari
