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The Silencing of Algeria

The Silencing of Algeria

Six years after the Hirak mass protest movement in Algeria in 2019, an atmosphere of fear and silence...

19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Ilhem Rachidi
Why Love, War & Resistance?

Why Love, War & Resistance?

Can love act as a transformative force during challenging times, in the face of 2000-pound bombs, drones, AI surveillance,...

7 MARCH 2025 • By Malu Halasa
World Picks from the Editors: AUGUST

World Picks from the Editors: AUGUST

Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...

2 AUGUST 2024 • By TMR
“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Leila Aboulela
Don’t Be a Stooge for the Regime—Iranians Reject State-Controlled Media!

Don’t Be a Stooge for the Regime—Iranians Reject State-Controlled Media!

Malu Halasa reports on the myriad ways Iranians circumvent Iran's heavy-handed media to get their news.

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
Homage to Mahsa Jhina Amini & the Women-Led Call for Freedom

Homage to Mahsa Jhina Amini & the Women-Led Call for Freedom

In HEROINES, artists pay homage to the late Mahsa Jhina Amini and the women-led uprising for freedom in...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By
Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat

Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat

When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
Unapologetic Palestinians, Reactionary Germans

Unapologetic Palestinians, Reactionary Germans

Abir Kopty argues that German guilt is being used to silence Palestinians and others who protest on their...

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Pierre Daum
Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Farah Abdessamad responds to Tunisia's July 25 constitutional referendum with a poem for her country.

1 AUGUST 2022 • By Danielle Haque
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