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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: Two Poems

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: Two Poems

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha won the 2024 National Book Award for her latest collection of poems, "Something About Living."

19 DECEMBER 2024 • By Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
“The Head of the Table”—a story by Natasha Tynes

“The Head of the Table”—a story by Natasha Tynes

A celebration quickly spirals into a lifetime of trauma when an unforeseen 'head' makes a shocking appearance.

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Natasha Tynes
“As Much of Life as the World Can Show”—a short story

“As Much of Life as the World Can Show”—a short story

A chance encounter, a flurry of SMS messages, and a week-long trip to London, make a long distance...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Fil Inocencio Jr.
Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed...

5 JULY 2024 • By Ahmed Naji
“The Lakshmi of Suburbia”—a story by Natasha Tynes

“The Lakshmi of Suburbia”—a story by Natasha Tynes

In Natasha Tynes’ new short story, “The Lakshmi of Suburbia,” an unhappy wife falls in love with herself...

5 JULY 2024 • By Natasha Tynes
Human Rights Films on Ownership of History, Women’s Bodies & Paintings

Human Rights Films on Ownership of History, Women’s Bodies & Paintings

Malu Halasa offers an overview of three Middle Eastern films screening at the 2024 Human Rights Watch Film...

11 MARCH 2024 • By Malu Halasa
A Jaha in the Metaverse—fiction by Fadi Zaghmout

A Jaha in the Metaverse—fiction by Fadi Zaghmout

A short story by Jordanian writer Fadi Zaghout in which a traditional Jordanian "Jaha" ceremony takes place in...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
Waking Up To My Distorted City—an Interview with Hisham Bustani & Linda Al Khoury

Waking Up To My Distorted City—an Interview with Hisham Bustani & Linda Al Khoury

Hisham Bustani and Linda Al Khoury talk to TMR about their new bilingual book and the urban distortions...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By TMR
From An Improvised Attempt to Understand Social Transformations in Amman: “urbane” behavior in a city that is not a city

From An Improvised Attempt to Understand Social Transformations in Amman: “urbane” behavior in a city that is not a city

An exclusive excerpt from the new bilingual Arabic-English book "Waking Up to My Distorted City" by Hisham Bustani...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Hisham Bustani
Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan

Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a...

10 JULY 2023 • By Reem Halasa
Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

In a dystopian world, thanks to AI, people no longer die because they can be upgraded to better...

4 JUNE 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

Former ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting...

29 MAY 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
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