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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Resilient Cartographies: Histories of the Persian Gulf

History writing opens the door for the writers and their readers to see the Persian Gulf as a connecting point rather than a delimited void.

07 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Todd Reisz

The Closed Door — Return to Syria

After 13 years away, writer Odai Al Zoubi returns to Syria following the Assad regime's collapse, aiming to reconnect with a lost time.

07 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Odai Al Zoubi, Rana Asfour

Memories of Palestine through Contemporary Media

Malu Halasa reviews a memoir of Palestine of both emotional and geographic proportions.

07 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Malu Halasa

“The Last Third of the Night”—a story by Dia Barghouti

A woman invited to a wedding wants to leave her house and return, but only if she can be certain of the return.

07 FEBRUARY, 2025 • By Dia Barghouti

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
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