Middle East

Neither Here Nor There

Neither Here Nor There

Envisioning innovative new futures that challenge conventional thinking and inspire transformative possibilities.

2 MAY 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami

Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami

Karim Goury reviews "Tatami," a sports combat film depicting the conflict between suppressive male law and individual female...

11 OCTOBER 2024 • By Karim Goury
The Last Millefeuille in Beirut

The Last Millefeuille in Beirut

As Beirut anticipates a military invasion, MK Harb's short story about two friends sharing a slice of cake...

4 OCTOBER 2024 • By MK Harb
How to Write About Kurdistan

How to Write About Kurdistan

A writer's satirical guide on how to write about the hapless, subjugated Kurds, if you're not already filming...

14 JUNE 2024 • By Matthew Broomfield
Demarcations of Identity: Rushdi Anwar

Demarcations of Identity: Rushdi Anwar

From sound and installation to sculpture & photography, art and a history of violence collide in Rushdi Anwar’s...

10 MAY 2024 • By Malu Halasa
Palestinian Culture, Under Assault, Celebrated in New Cookbook

Palestinian Culture, Under Assault, Celebrated in New Cookbook

Fadi Kattan's Palestinian cookbook is a memoir of personal and familial memories, intriguing facts, and emotions, writes Mischa...

3 MAY 2024 • By Mischa Geracoulis
The Mood At This Year’s Dubai Art Week 2024

The Mood At This Year’s Dubai Art Week 2024

Sophie Kazan reports on the mood of Dubai Art Week this year with a roundup of the UAE...

18 MARCH 2024 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

Ambassador Chas Freeman on the dynamism of West Asia and the west's failing geopolitical grip on "the greater...

14 AUGUST 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.

2 JULY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for...

8 MAY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Mireille Rebeiz takes issue with the dismal portrayal of Arabs and other Middle Easterners in a Hollywood superhero...

7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Katharine Halls
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