Lebanon

The Art of Giving: Relief Efforts in Beirut

The Art of Giving: Relief Efforts in Beirut

Six years into Lebanon’s collapse, Beirut’s cultural centers struggle to cope with an unprecedented displacement crisis.

17 APRIL 2026 • By Jim Quilty
Creating Art in Times of War

Creating Art in Times of War

TMR asked writers and artists what motivation can remain, in times of war, to write or create art?...

10 APRIL 2026 • By TMR
A Ledger of Destruction, A Sisterhood of Grief and Grievance

A Ledger of Destruction, A Sisterhood of Grief and Grievance

Amal Ghandour takes the measure of Israel's assaults on Lebanon in the present ceasefire.

10 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Fragments of Beirut in Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me

Fragments of Beirut in Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me

Rather than offer a linear retelling of Lebanon’s history, the film draws our attention to the internal rhymes...

10 APRIL 2026 • By Darío Karim Pomar Azar
A Fight to The Death (the Rest of Us In-Between)

A Fight to The Death (the Rest of Us In-Between)

No one in Lebanon is ever out of the fray, not even those who are very far away...

27 MARCH 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Dear Souseh: Distressed (& More) by War

Dear Souseh: Distressed (& More) by War

This month, Souseh answers two letters from readers distressed by the outbreak of war, and notably the cognitive...

27 MARCH 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Lebanon’s Fate in Our Current World Calamity

Lebanon’s Fate in Our Current World Calamity

Perpetually attacked by Israel as an easy target and neighbor, Lebanon is bearing the brunt of many bombs...

13 MARCH 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Shahé Mankerian
On Legal Victories and Human Healing

On Legal Victories and Human Healing

In a world where justice and law reliably fail us, it might be literature that holds the better...

13 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Controlled Demolition: an Epistolary Review

Controlled Demolition: an Epistolary Review

Author Ammiel Alcalay defies categorization in his latest book (in fact four), producing a work that is both...

16 JANUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Rewriting Beirut’s “Bad Boy Architect” Bernard Khoury

Rewriting Beirut’s “Bad Boy Architect” Bernard Khoury

Provoking the Territory subverts readers' expectations as it reveals how an architect was shaped by Beirut.

9 JANUARY 2026 • By Bridget Peak
Two Spectacles: A Lebanese Farce, an American Fault Line

Two Spectacles: A Lebanese Farce, an American Fault Line

In two recent developments, Amal Ghandour sees a comical comeuppance and hints of change on the political horizon.

2 JANUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
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