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Creating Art in Times of War

Creating Art in Times of War

TMR asked writers and artists what motivation can remain, in times of war, to write or create art?...

10 APRIL 2026 • By TMR
Apples and Oranges, or Why the US Supports Israel

Apples and Oranges, or Why the US Supports Israel

Why does the U.S. continue funding Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of international...

3 APRIL 2026 • By Jason Hickel
The Souls of War Folk

The Souls of War Folk

The civilizational supremacy of the West is under threat, insisted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a...

3 APRIL 2026 • By Ayça Çubukçu
“Iran After the Fire”—a Speculative Ethnography

“Iran After the Fire”—a Speculative Ethnography

A writer imagines Iran one year in the future, after the bombs have stopped falling, and the resulting...

3 APRIL 2026 • By Shahram Khosravi
A Fight to The Death (the Rest of Us In-Between)

A Fight to The Death (the Rest of Us In-Between)

No one in Lebanon is ever out of the fray, not even those who are very far away...

27 MARCH 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Dear Souseh: Distressed (& More) by War

Dear Souseh: Distressed (& More) by War

This month, Souseh answers two letters from readers distressed by the outbreak of war, and notably the cognitive...

27 MARCH 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
Iranian Visions of Democracy from the Ruins

Iranian Visions of Democracy from the Ruins

Iranians emerging from the rubble of war have their own struggle ahead. But the lessons travel: resistance has...

20 MARCH 2026 • By Nojang Khatami
The AI Struggle for Middle Earth in the U.S.-Israel War on Iran

The AI Struggle for Middle Earth in the U.S.-Israel War on Iran

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming battlegrounds, and is at the heart of many international assassinations.

13 MARCH 2026 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Lebanon’s Fate in Our Current World Calamity

Lebanon’s Fate in Our Current World Calamity

Perpetually attacked by Israel as an easy target and neighbor, Lebanon is bearing the brunt of many bombs...

13 MARCH 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Two New Books Show How Gaza Changed the World

Two New Books Show How Gaza Changed the World

For Avi Shlaim and Gilbert Achcar, the genocide in Gaza is a turning point, one from which there...

13 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
Behind the Seen: Mona Hatoum on Art and Palestine

Behind the Seen: Mona Hatoum on Art and Palestine

Hatoum keeps returning to the same question: How is space regulated, surveilled, and colonized?

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Adedayo Agarau presents The Years of Blood

Adedayo Agarau presents The Years of Blood

In "The Years of Blood" a Nigerian poet grapples with the violence of a nation struggling to find...

1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Adedayo Agarau
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