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From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

Former ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting...

29 MAY 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
Artist At Work: Maya Youssef Finds Home in the Qanun

Artist At Work: Maya Youssef Finds Home in the Qanun

Rana Asfour talks to Syrian-born and raised qanunist Maya Youssef, who now lives and teaches in the UK.

22 MAY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for...

8 MAY 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration

Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration

Malu Halasa tells the story of refugees seeking asylum in Britain who brave the dangerous waters of the...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Malu Halasa
“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

MK Harb, a writer from Beirut, remembers a tenuous sense of home as he searched for himself in...

5 MARCH 2023 • By MK Harb
For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?

For Those Who Dwell in Tents, Home is Temporal—Or Is It?

Home is increasingly an elusive quality in an era of war, climate disaster, economic collapse and family misfortune.

5 MARCH 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished

Letter From Turkey—Antioch is Finished

TMR's senior writer in Turkey, Arie Amaya-Akkermans, travels to one of the worst-hit areas to survey earthquake damage...

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
The Swimmers and the Mardini Sisters: a True Liberation Tale

The Swimmers and the Mardini Sisters: a True Liberation Tale

Syrian British novelist Rana Haddad reviews the new feature film from Sally El Hoseini on Netflix.

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Nada Ghosn
Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine

Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine

Jordan Elgrably tours the MO.CO exhibition in Montpellier devoted to the people of Chile, Sarajevo and Palestine.

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion...

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Biswajit Sengupta
You Resemble Me Deconstructs a Muslim Life That Ends Radically

You Resemble Me Deconstructs a Muslim Life That Ends Radically

We saw Dina Amer's debut feature film based on the life of Hasna Ait Boulahcen, yet another victim...

21 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison

Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison

Ibrahim Fawzy remembers the late, great Egyptian feminist author, doctor and activist Nawal El-Saadawi.

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Ibrahim Fawzy
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