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Fiction: “Skin Calluses” by Khalil Younes

Fiction: “Skin Calluses” by Khalil Younes

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

15 MARCH 2022 • By Khalil Younes
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

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

24 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
Fiction from “Free Fall”: I fled the city as a murderer whose crime had just been uncovered

Fiction from “Free Fall”: I fled the city as a murderer whose crime had just been uncovered

TMR presents an exclusive excerpt from Abeer Esber's fourth novel, translated here by Nouha Homad, about a Damascene...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Abeer Esber
Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world

Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world

Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.

10 JANUARY 2022 • By TMR
Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor

Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor

TMR's editor Jordan Elgrably talks to young Malak Mattar in Gaza, who has survived massive state violence and...

14 JULY 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Semantics of Gaza, War and Truth

The Semantics of Gaza, War and Truth

Mischa Geracoulis joins filmmaker Yung Chang and the late muckraker Robert Fisk in asking us to think about...

14 JULY 2021 • By Alia Mossallam
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

Jessica Proett reviews Salar Abdoh's empirical novel set during the days when ISIS was running loose across Iraq...

4 JULY 2021 • By Jessica Proett
The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay

The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay

Yemen street artist, activist and mother Haifa Subay speaks to Farah Abdessamad about the state of the country...

14 MAY 2021 • By Danielle Haque
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