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Tag: war

20 March, 2023 • Karim Goury

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

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7 March, 2023 • Jordan Elgrably

The Search for Home: a Markaz Review Roundtable

A TMR roundtable on refugees, migration, identity and finding home.

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20 February, 2023 • Saliha Haddad

Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

Saliha Haddad reviews the English translation of Bushra al-Maqtari's book of oral histories on those who survived the war in Yemen.

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13 February, 2023 • Evelyne Accad

Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Evelyne Accad reviews a new book on Lebanese women and war, a collection of oral stories told in Arabic and translated by Malek Abisaab.

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26 December, 2022 • Saliha Haddad

Mohamed Makhzangi Despairs at Man’s Cruelty to Animals

Saliha Haddad reviews the new translation of a major collection of short stories by the Egyptian author.

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12 December, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

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

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

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28 November, 2022 •

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 takes place, with the author, on Sunday, January 29, 2023, 1 pm… Continue reading We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author

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15 October, 2022 • TMR

You Don’t Have to Be A Super Hero to Be a Heroine

In the new issue of TMR, the editors present their case for everyday women achieving the extraordinary as they overcome adversity.

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15 September, 2022 • Viola Shafik

Ziad Kalthoum: Trajectory of a Syrian Filmmaker

Film historian Viola Shafik interviews Syrian filmmaker Ziad Kalthoum about his peripatetic life in Syria and beyond.

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18 July, 2022 • Nada Ghosn

Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest

Nada Ghosn revels in the artistry of Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese, Afghan and other playwrights and performers in Avignon this year.

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15 July, 2022 • Farah Abdessamad

War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”

Farah Abdessamad considers generations of survivors in Yemen's first experimental film.

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2 May, 2022 • Taline Voskeritchian

Art Film Depicts the Landlocked Drama of Nagorno-Karabakh

Taline Voskeritchian reviews the latest film from Nora Martirosyan about the tiny country fought over by Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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21 March, 2022 • Maha Tourbah

Nowruz and The Sins of the New Day

Guest columnist Maha Tourbah considers the advent of the Spring Equinox, Zoroastrian Nowruz and hopes for peace.

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15 March, 2022 • Khalil Younes

Fiction: “Skin Calluses” by Khalil Younes

Syrian artist and writer Khalil Younes recalls the strained sexuality of Martyrs Square in Damascus.

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24 February, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

Letter from the Editor: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine seen from European and Middle Eastern Vantage Points

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