From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea
Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching over King David's Tomb in Jerusalem, but exiled in 1948.
Tag: Tunisia
Why COMIX? An Emerging Medium of Writing the Middle East and North Africa
TMR’s guest editor Aomar Boum admires the growing movement of political cartooning in North Africa and the Middle East.
Rebellion Resurrected: The Will of Youth Against History
The Lebanese cartoonist and BD historian George “Jad” Khoury gives an in-depth overview of contemporary comix across the Arab world.
Revolution, Democracy and the Tunisian Exception
Our correspondent in Tunis looks at President Kaïs Saïed’s un-democratic attempts to save Tunisia from collapse.
Walls, Graffiti and Youth Culture in Egypt, Libya & Tunisia
Former Egypt and Turkey-based photographer Claudia Wiens documents street art of the Arab Spring.
Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy
Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.
Francofeminism: a Postcolonial History
Mariem Gellouz and Sélima Kebaïli deconstruct Francophonie in the context of postcolonial Tunisian, Arab and African feminism.
The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later
Mischa Geracoulis remembers Zahra's Paradise along with the Arab awakenings, George Floyd, Covid-19 and Groundhog Day.
Ten Years of Hope and Blood
In which Egyptian-Syrian-French journalist and novelist Robert Solé considers the Arab awakenings across the region.
Systemic Racism in Tunisia Hasn’t Gone Away
Arab/Muslim countries of the Middle East and North Africa have largely failed to fight racism and discrimination against black people. To go deeper into the DNA of Arab/Muslim racism, TMR asked Khawla Ksiksi to give an in-depth overview of the situation in Tunisia.
World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues
Mala Halasa curates art, music, parks and politix from London…
Emel Mathlouthi Returns with The Tunis Diaries
The vocalist from Tunis who lives in New York was confined in Tunis and found herself "falling back in love with music that is simple, direct, and from the heart."
Poetic Exploration of Illness Conveys Trauma
I am waiting for the Tunisian American writer Leila Chatti to tell me, in her own words, in her debut collection of poetry, Deluge, about women in Islam, but she is telling me about blood instead.
In a Suspicious World, Creative Arabs, Iranians Having a Banner Year
Arabs/Muslims and Iranians have become the scapegoats and villains du jour, yet many are thriving creatively.