Mother tongues, endlessly chimeric, endlessly beguiling, can become both dangerous baggage and precious commodity.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Lara Vergnaud
TMR's Editor-in-Chief, curious about how people negotiate their identity between a mother tongue and other languages, asked a...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Jordan Elgrably
A reflection on how multiple languages in a family become a perfect conduit for grief and acceptance.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
A writer traces the circuitous journey of a mother tongue, noting that “accidents of geography and family history”...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Mai Al-Nakib
This collective work, penned by seven Afghan writers, offers a counter-narrative to dismantle the disaster narrative mapped onto...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Sheeshaka
Palestinian writer Majd Aburrub dissects the exquisite loneliness of losing one's mother tongue.
6 MARCH 2026 • By Majd Aburrub
In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.
27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Shahé Mankerian
To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Selim Temo's "Nightlands," we present an introductory essay and two poems from...
9 AUGUST 2024 • By Zêdan Xelef
