Sudanese artists in exile are keeping their identity and heritage alive while they await the chance to return...
2 MAY 2025 • By Ati Metwaly
The new Lebanese performance, "Four Walls and a Roof," uses trial testimony, humor, and Eisler-Brecht songs to address...
11 APRIL 2025 • By Malu Halasa
From blindfolding potential dates to threating them with cockroaches, Iranian YouTube dating game shows go viral and the...
7 MARCH 2025 • By Malu Halasa
Jordan Elgrably interviews free-spirited Iranian performer Aïda Nosrat on music, exile, freedom, and a passion for mixing cultures.
11 OCTOBER 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Through a conflicted prism, the effect of the year-long war in Gaza on the music and politics of...
4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Stuart Bailie
Jasmin Attia's novel vividly portrays Egypt and Cairo by beautifully conjuring music and sound through descriptive prose.
28 JUNE 2024 • By Tala Jarjour
Paris provided the grit and opportunity for Nass el Ghiwane to hone a new sound that would rock...
1 APRIL 2024 • By Benjamin Jones
TMR editors highlight the best events, books, films, podcasts and other cultural products from around the globe.
23 FEBRUARY 2024 • By TMR
Necati Sönmez, a Berlin film critic and curator, reviews the new music documentary from German-Turkish director Cem Kaya.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
Cultural historian Diana Abbani meditates on music among Berlin's Arab immigrants.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Diana Abbani
