Review

A New Book on Music, Palestine-Israel & the “Three State Solution”

A New Book on Music, Palestine-Israel & the “Three State Solution”

TMR reviews a new book on Palestinian and Israeli musicians looks at the border zones and interstices of...

28 JUNE 2021 • By Yara Chaalan
Wasta on Steroids: Speculative Finance & the Housing Market

Wasta on Steroids: Speculative Finance & the Housing Market

Mischa Geracoulis discovers the film Push and explores the incredible greed and inequity of the speculative housing market.

14 JUNE 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”

Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”

Myriam Gurba reviews a book that argues that some "white feminists accept the benefits conferred by white supremacy...

6 JUNE 2021 • By Ilan Pappé
Palestine in the World: “Palestine: A Socialist Introduction”

Palestine in the World: “Palestine: A Socialist Introduction”

Jenine Abboushi reviews the recent anthology of essays on socialism in the context of Palestinian resistance.

6 JUNE 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights

Malu Halasa reviews a new anthology of Arab women writers on sex, love and lust, including "the leading...

30 MAY 2021 • By Malu Halasa
The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

Rana Asfour reviews Faysal Khartash's Roundabout of Death and Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars.

30 MAY 2021 • By TMR
War Diary: The End of Innocence

War Diary: The End of Innocence

Arie Amaya-Akkermans investigates Agenda 1979: Imagine sitting at home in the presence of a handbook for destroying, bombing,...

23 MAY 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
I was a French Muslim—Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter

I was a French Muslim—Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the memoir from Algerian freedom fighter Mokhtar Mokhtefi.

23 MAY 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s

Selma Dabbagh reviews the story of Egypt's pioneering women performers and feminists, including Oum Khoulthum and Munira al-Maydiyya.

16 MAY 2021 • By Claudia Wiens
The Triumph of Love and the Palestinian Revolution

The Triumph of Love and the Palestinian Revolution

Fouad Mami reviews Susan Abulhawa's powerful new novel "Against the Loveless World," about Palestinians in a revolutionary mode.

16 MAY 2021 • By Jean Lamore
Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Rana Asfour reviews the new novel by Hala Alyan, revisiting the city that marked her and the author...

9 MAY 2021 • By TMR
Why Mona Eltahawy Wants to Smash the Patriarchy

Why Mona Eltahawy Wants to Smash the Patriarchy

Egyptian author and feminist Mona Eltahawy publishes daily tweets calling out the patriarchy. Hiba Moustafa reviews her new...

2 MAY 2021 • By Aram Saroyan
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