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“It’s Not ‘Whatever’”: On Mother Tongue, Exile, and Inheritance

“It’s Not ‘Whatever’”: On Mother Tongue, Exile, and Inheritance

A Lebanese poet in California, Zeina Hashem Beck tends to the tension between Arabic and English, grief and...

6 MARCH 2026 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
Language and the Mother Eternal

Language and the Mother Eternal

A reflection on how multiple languages in a family become a perfect conduit for grief and acceptance.

6 MARCH 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
Culture Got Your Tongue

Culture Got Your Tongue

A writer questions whether physical ailments — numbness, stuttering, uncontrollable trembling — may in fact stem from a...

6 MARCH 2026 • By Amy Omar
“Urdu,” a poem—Language as Heirloom

“Urdu,” a poem—Language as Heirloom

A poet of Pakistani heritage raised around Arabic and English longs for deeper expression of her mother's tongue.

6 MARCH 2026 • By Namal Siddiqui
“Words That Don’t Sink”—a short story

“Words That Don’t Sink”—a short story

A simple debate over a spoon opens a space in which a group of Syrian migrants reclaim an...

6 MARCH 2026 • By Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour
The Queer Arab Glossary —A Review

The Queer Arab Glossary —A Review

A book challenging myths and stereotypes about sexuality in the Arab world, exploring the language of queerness in...

27 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Bahi Ghubril
Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert's theory of meaning and form rests on a mystical conception of the nature of writing, alongside the...

5 JULY 2024 • By Tarek Abi Samra
Disaster and Language—the Disarticulation of Seismic Pain in Tamazight

Disaster and Language—the Disarticulation of Seismic Pain in Tamazight

Brahim El Guabli argues that Morocco's disaster survivors must be able to communicate in their mother tongue.

25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
A Deaf Boy’s Quest to Find His Voice in a Hearing World

A Deaf Boy’s Quest to Find His Voice in a Hearing World

In Edward Lovelace's new documentary, a refugee's handicap becomes a source of inspiration in the struggle for survival.

24 JULY 2023 • By Nazli Tarzi
Nathalie Karagiannis

Nathalie Karagiannis

Nathalie Karagiannis, a Greek poet and artist, shares with TMR her experimental work "The Idea of Berlin."

4 APRIL 2023 • By Nathalie Karagiannis
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