TMR 52

10 stories centered around a critical theme, published monthly and curated with care.

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  • TMR52
  • EDITORIAL
7 MARCH, 2025

Why Love, War & Resistance?

Can love transform in the face of bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation, and expulsion?

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Baxtyar Hamasur: “A Strand of Hair Shaped Like the Letter J”

Baxtyar Hamasur has dedicated his life to stories, even wearing a pair of story glasses. “I see everything as a story,” he says.

07 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Baxtyar Hamasur, Jiyar Homer, Hannah Fox

Flight Plans: From Gaza to Singapore

Palestinian civil aviation is not only a symbol of freedom, but is deeply connected to their quest for sovereignty.

07 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Chin-chin Yap

Chronicles of a Boy Manqué

Growing up a "Boy Hassan" in Syria, Rana Haddad rejected societal conventions.

07 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Rana Haddad

Escapism in Times of War — on Genre Fiction

In which our literary editor becomes your guide through TMR 47, a double issue packed with fiction and the last monthly issue of 2024.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Malu Halasa

“Not a Picture, a Precise Kick”—metafiction

A writer from Cairo imagines a chance encounter between two writers in Prague enamored of Kafka. 

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Fatima El-Kalay

Palestine Features in Larissa Sansour’s Sci-Fi Future

Larissa Sansour is a Palestinian-born artist whose photography, film, sculpture, and installation art is bound up with visions of the future.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Larissa Sansour

“The Head of the Table”—a story by Natasha Tynes

A celebration quickly spirals into a lifetime of trauma when an unforeseen 'head' makes a shocking appearance.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Natasha Tynes

“The Curse of the Chinar Tree”—a family horror story

For one family, faith is overshadowed by the bitter taste of suffering rather than the peace it is meant to provide.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Shamsia, Abdul Bacet Khurram

“Eve”—fantasy from Afghanistan

When Eve leaves Adam in Purgatory to settle their score once and for all, she's devastated by what she encounters on Earth.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Parand, Abdul Bacet Khurram

“The Small Clay Plate”—a Siwa folk tale

A tale of a tailor from the deserts of Siwa, Egypt, where fortune reveals the invaluable lesson of recognizing what is truly precious.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Bel Parker

“Ghosts of Farsis” — a cyberpunk story

 The story is part of Hussein Fawzy's cyberpunk story collection “Graduation Project” recently published by Waziz House.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Hussein Fawzy, Rana Asfour

The Conqueror of Time—Egyptian Cryogenics

Nihad Sherif's 1972 novel is a pioneering Arabic sci-fi work on human cryopreservation, with prose reminiscent of Mahfouz and Taha Hussein.

06 DECEMBER, 2024 • By Nihad Sherif, Lina Mounzer
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