TMR 52

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

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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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A Treatise on Love

When disaster strikes Maryam Haidari between Tunis and Tehran, the past seven years of her life as a poet, writer and translator are thrown into stark relief.

04 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Maryam Haidari, Salar Abdoh

Arthur Kayzakian’s Stolen Painting and The Nameless Father

Sean Casey on a rather unusual and remarkable debut from Arthur Kayzakian that melds poetry, prose and correspondence.

04 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Sean Casey

Love Across Borders—on Romance, Restrictions and Happy Endings

Lina Mounzer reviews the new book by Anna Lekas Miller that gathers stories of love- and border-challenged couples.

04 FEBRUARY, 2024 • By Lina Mounzer

“The Summer They Heard Music”—a short story by MK Harb

There are some long, languid and even dangerous summers that Beirutis can never forget, and this is one of them.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By MK Harb

“Twelve Angels”—fiction from Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi

In this short story by Egyptian writer Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, translated from Arabic, a man contends with his mortality on his death bed.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, Rana Asfour

“Kabul’s Haikus”—fiction from Maryam Mahjoba

In this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a girl's school.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Maryam Mahjoba, Zubair Popalzai

Almost Every Day—from the novel by Mohammed Abdelnabi

An exclusive excerpt from Mohammed Abdelnabi's latest novel "Almost Every Day," translated from the Arabic by Nada Faris.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Mohammed Abdelnabi, Nada Faris

Huda Fakhreddine’s A Brief Time Under a Different Sun

Exclusive excerpt from Huda Fahreddine's "A Brief Time Under a Different Sun," translated from the Arabic by Rana Asfour.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Huda J. Fakhreddine, Rana Asfour

“I, Hanan”—a Gazan tale of survival by Joumana Haddad

A young woman in Gaza who has already lost so much wants to live another day, in this short story by Joumana Haddad.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Joumana Haddad

Days of Oranges—Libya’s Thawra

Yesmine Abida recalls the end of her family's time in Tripoli and the beginning of a life without a center.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Yesmine Abida

Demolition and Recreation in Benghazi: Interview with Sarri Elfaitouri

Sarri Elfaitouri on urbanism, social reforms, and the legacy of colonialism in Libya after the March 2023 demolition of the city's center.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Naima Morelli

Mohamed Al Mufti, Architect and Painter of Our Time

Nicole Hamouche visits artist and architect at his Beirut studio, whose work reflects on Damascus' and Beirut’s political and social scene.

05 NOVEMBER, 2023 • By Nicole Hamouche
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