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Between the City and the Sea: A review of And the Fish Fly Above our Heads

Between the City and the Sea: A review of And the Fish Fly Above our Heads

Dima el-Horr's latest documentary offers a rarely-seen side of Beirut's Corniche.

14 AUGUST 2026 • By Amelia Izmanki
Summer Reading!

Summer Reading!

Discover the top summer reads TMR editors can’t wait to dive into—perfect picks for your own holiday escape.

14 AUGUST 2026 • By TMR
A Life not Defined by Death: A critical reading of The Book of Damascus

A Life not Defined by Death: A critical reading of The Book of Damascus

Comma Press’s "Reading the City" series turns its attention to Damascus.

14 AUGUST 2026 • By Anas Tareef
To Inhabit the Wind: The Kurd and the politics of recognition

To Inhabit the Wind: The Kurd and the politics of recognition

A young Kurdish writer grapples with what it means to exist outside the politics of appeal and visibility.

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Aline Jabbari
Twining Apocalypse and Rebirth in Israel-Palestine

Twining Apocalypse and Rebirth in Israel-Palestine

A columnist speculates on the possible afterlives awaiting after Gaza's apocalypse.

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Two Poems by Selîm Temo

Two Poems by Selîm Temo

Two new poems by Kurdish translator and poet Selîm Temo are presented in English translation for the first...

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Selîm Temo
Watermelon Books—Palestine is the Center of the World

Watermelon Books—Palestine is the Center of the World

Join us for an evening of conversation on Palestinian culture, resistance, and Middle Eastern literature with Jordan Elgrably...

6 AUGUST 2026 • By Biswajit Sengupta
Birhan Keskin’s Earthly Conditions: Godless Sufism?

Birhan Keskin’s Earthly Conditions: Godless Sufism?

A poetry collection by a transformative Turkish voice explores questions of gender, queer desire, memory, and belonging.

31 JULY 2026 • By Efe Murad
Memory and Forgetting in Of Loss and Lavender

Memory and Forgetting in Of Loss and Lavender

Sinan Antoon’s self-translated novel explores the different ways memory unfolds in exile but offers no closure.

31 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
Where Do People Who Refuse to Belong, Belong?

Where Do People Who Refuse to Belong, Belong?

A writer stands her ground, in response to criticisms of her column, "recklessly" simplifying a fraught discourse.

24 JULY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
The Real Serpent in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s Novel

The Real Serpent in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s Novel

The true "serpent" of this novel, set against the shifting social landscape of contemporary Pakistan, may be its...

24 JULY 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
Metropolis Cinema Celebrates Two Decades in Beirut

Metropolis Cinema Celebrates Two Decades in Beirut

The Metropolis Cinema in Beirut celebrates twenty years of showing indie cinema, surviving multiple crises.

24 JULY 2026 • By Jim Quilty
 
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