Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment
Matt Broomfield's new book explores the history of the Rojava revolution in Syrian Kurdistan as a model for global liberation movements.
Iraq
Architecture and Political Memory
In Iraq, buildings don’t simply reflect ideology — they absorb it, transmit it, and sometimes resist it. Especially when left unfinished.
Israel is Today’s Sparta: Middle East Wars Viewed from Iraq
Somewhere in Tehran, a child feels the same incomprehensible terror as foreign missiles fall, just as the writer once did in Baghdad.
Hassan Blasim’s Sololand features Three Novellas on Iraq
Hassan Blasim’s work is not imitation. His is a voice forged in exile, and steeped in the paradoxes of displacement.
Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel for Our Present Dystopia
An NYU professor who has frequently taught this Iraqi novel finds that two months into Trump 2.0, its significance has shifted considerably.
Baxtyar Hamasur: “A Strand of Hair Shaped Like the Letter J”
Baxtyar Hamasur has dedicated his life to stories, even wearing a pair of story glasses. “I see everything as a story,” he says.
Editorial: Animal Truths
TMR's November issue deliberately eschews the binary and inspirational relationship between the proverbial “man and beast."
Lin May Saeed
The November 2024 featured artist is the late German-Iraqi sculptor Lin May Saeed, much of whose work celebrated the animal world.
“Dear Sniper” —a short story by Ali Ramthan Hussein
Gatekeepers of Baghdad decide who lives, who dies, during 2019 protests against high unemployment, state corruption, and poor services.
Beyond Rubble—Cultural Heritage and Healing After Disaster
Art, activism, archaeology, and archiving are crucial for rebuilding and healing cities by combining the past and present.
SPECIAL KURDISH ISSUE: From Kurmanji to English, an Introduction to Selim Temo
To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Selim Temo's "Nightlands," we present an introductory essay and two poems from the Pinsapo Press edition.
“The Doll with the Purple Scarf”—flash fiction from Diaa Jubaili
Iraqi novelist Diaa Jubaili's short story, translated by Chip Rossetti, portrays dolls as unlikely victims of life under the Islamic State.
Demarcations of Identity: Rushdi Anwar
From sound and installation to sculpture & photography, art and a history of violence collide in Rushdi Anwar’s new show.
Why FORGETTING?
What shall we forget and what shall we remember, and can forgetting also be a force for good? The editors inquire.
Regarding the Photographs of Others—An Iraqi Journey Toward Remembering
Photographs of Iraqis imply doom due to generational violence, even in happy pictures.