World Picks from the Editors: Mar 8 — Mar 22
TMR editors highlight the best events, books, films, podcasts and other cultural products from around the globe.
The Imagination Interviews
Two Poems from Maram Al-Masri
Syrian poet in Paris presents two poems in Hélène Cardona's translation from the French from "The Abduction."
Two Poems from Omar Sakr
Omar Sakr presents his thoughts along with two poems from his collection, "The Lost Arabs."
Why “Burn It all Down”?
Senior editor Lina Mounzer articulates the inexpressible, inconsolable feelings at a time when genocide is occurring before the eyes of the world.
Al-Thakla—Arabic as the Original Mourner
Abdelrahman ElGendy asks, how do you hold your grief in a language that's been its main perpetrator?
Reza Abedini – “Death Lover” and “Death of Humanity”
The featured artist for the March 2024 BURN IT ALL DOWN issue is Reza Abedini.
“The Minisecures”—excerpt from The History of the Gods of Egypt
Bonfire of the vanities: A second-rate artist imagines the prophets and the grand, holy tales of monotheism.
The Time of Monsters
Layla AlAmmar contemplates how the noise of the past can be perceived as a coherent narrative in hindsight.
The Fires of Shame; the Burn of Desire
Joumana Haddad lays bare the physical and cerebral journey that has led her to experience the best sex she's ever had.
Four Books to Revolutionize Your Thinking
TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, offers four books to challenge the world as we know it.
“The Map of a Genocide Victim”—fiction from Faris Lounis
A few entries on a genocidal map...A walk in the Valley of Death that is the war on Gaza and the reckoning to come.
The Myth of the West: A Discontinuous History
Arie Amaya-Akkermans reviews "The West: a new history of an old idea" that argues how the West was invented to justify imperialism.
Do or Despair: Political Action in My Great Arab Melancholy
Katie Logan reviews Lamia Ziadé's latest illustrated volume that prompts a reckoning with the concept of melancholy.
The Legacy of the CIA, from Graveyard Empire
Austro-Afghan reporter Emran Feroz has published a new book on four decades of intervention in Afghanistan, with a chapter on the CIA's legacy.
Artists Exploring Libya’s History, Cultural Resilience and Rebirth
Two exhibitions on Libya try to navigate between what to bring along from the country's past and what to burn down.