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From Stitch to Symbol: The Power of Palestinian Tatreez

From Stitch to Symbol: The Power of Palestinian Tatreez

Palestinian embroidery is dynamic, and artists, designers, and makers are constantly finding new ways to innovate and reinterpret...

22 AUGUST 2025 • By Joanna Barakat
“Return to Ramallah,” an excerpt from Too Soon by Betty Shamieh

“Return to Ramallah,” an excerpt from Too Soon by Betty Shamieh

Shamieh's novel "Too Soon" invites the audience to reflect on their relationships with home and the multifaceted nature...

2 MAY 2025 • By Betty Shamieh
Intimacy & Our Inner Sanctuary—an Interview with Rana Samara

Intimacy & Our Inner Sanctuary—an Interview with Rana Samara

For Palestinian artist Rana Samara, intimacy is not just about love and sex, but is a mixture of...

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Naima Morelli
Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever

Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever

A Twitter post by Fadi Quran reveals the reality on the ground these days trying to get around...

29 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Palestinian Artists

Palestinian Artists

The war reminds us that Palestinians are also artists and not merely people perishing under the bombs and...

12 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
The Fiction of Palestine’s Ghassan Zaqtan

The Fiction of Palestine’s Ghassan Zaqtan

Cory Oldweiler reviews three novellas by Bethlehem born and raised, Ramallah-based poet and writer Ghassan Zaqtan.

13 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Cory Oldweiler
TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh

TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh

Amal Ghandour, of This Arab Life, interviews Palestinian author and lawyer Raja Shehadeh on his new book, a...

11 MAY 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

Anam Raheem spent five years working in Gaza and the West Bank, and felt herself at home among...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Anam Raheem
The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art

The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art

Malu Halasa reviews 12 of 40 Palestinian, Arab and international artists showing in the third annual Ramallah Art...

26 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer in Haifa, reviews the family memoir that evokes nearly a century of Palestinian...

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Diana Buttu
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

In this, the second of a three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi continues her dystopic journey.

31 OCTOBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
A Palestinian Musician Thrives in France: Yousef Zayed’s Journey

A Palestinian Musician Thrives in France: Yousef Zayed’s Journey

In her 10th music column for TMR, Melissa Chemam profiles Palestinian oud performer and percussionist Yousef Zayed, who...

22 AUGUST 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
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