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Tag: Jordan

5 February, 2023 • Inaam Kachachi

Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.

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8 August, 2022 • Mischa Geracoulis

Hot Summer Playlist: “Diaspora Dreams” Drops

Mischa Geracoulis reviews dance music from the LA Armenian/Middle Eastern duo, Bei Ru and Krista Marina.

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31 March, 2022 •

Hisham Bustani’s “The Monotonous Chaos of Existence” Bookgroup

Free Event / 1 pm Eastern/18:00 UK/19:00 CET TMR invites you to participate in our monthly bookgroup conversation, in which authors and/or translators join during the second half of the… Continue reading Hisham Bustani’s “The Monotonous Chaos of Existence” Bookgroup

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15 December, 2021 • Nouha Homad

Three Levantine Tales

Writer, translator and artist Nouha Hamad tells three tales passed down as family legend connecting the 19th and 20th centuries.

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15 November, 2021 • Munir Atalla

Alchemy and the Deaf Blacksmith of Amman

Munir Atalla, the Brooklyn-based writer-director, recounts the story of a rather unusually happy, earnest man with a handicap and a skill.

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15 November, 2021 • Hadani Ditmars

The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?

Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Egypt.

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15 September, 2021 • Mohammed Jahama

Ramblings of an American Bedouin Palestinian, Lost in Amman

Mohammed Jahama I’ve never been to the desert, but I’ve seen paintings of it. On my father’s side of the family, the only acceptable decorations are desert paintings and images… Continue reading Ramblings of an American Bedouin Palestinian, Lost in Amman

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14 July, 2021 • Yara Chaalan

Gaza’s Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art

Yara Chaalan looks into the Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art in Gaza and profiles a few younger, emerging artists.

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14 June, 2021 • C.S. Layla

Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared

In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old country.

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14 January, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

Bahamut, or the Salt of the Earth

Farah Abdessamad remembers the Dead Sea and the myth of Bahamut.

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