TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, checks out one of the world's largest book events looking for literary mana.
29 MAY 2023 • By Rana AsfourApril 2023 BookGroup Selection is Waiting for the Past, a novel by Hadiya Hussein, translated from the Arabic by...
1 APRIL 2023 • By Jordan ElgrablyKatie Logan reviews the much-anticipated English version of the Egyptian graphic novel, a tour de force.
13 MARCH 2023 • By Katie LoganRana Asfour interviews fellow Jordanian writer Hisham Bustani about his stories, writing in Arabic and ideas on history...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Rana AsfourAhmed Farouk, the Arabic translator of Günter Grass, W. G. Sebald and Rosa Luxemburg, among others, struggles with...
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ahmed FaroukGhazi Gheblawi talks to young Libyan novelist Mohammed al-Naas, presently working out of Tunisia.
18 JULY 2022 • By Ghazi GheblawiYoussef Rahka introduces us to his Egyptian friend Maged Zaher and his seventh volume of poetry, composed in...
15 JULY 2022 • By Laila HalabyA writer born into both Arabic and Hebrew linguistic traditions finds herself writing in English but longing for...
11 JULY 2022 • By Ayelet TsabariDecember 12, 2020 marks the 95th birthday of the revolutionary and controversial Iranian poet, translator, essayist, editor, encyclopedist,...
12 DECEMBER 2020 • By Niloufar Talebi