TMR 52

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

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  • 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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Meditations on The Ungrateful Refugee

Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming a refugee preoccupied her life for more than 20 years.

15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Rana Asfour

Diary of the Collapse—Charif Majdalani on Lebanon’s Trials by Fire

A.J. Naddaff reviews the latest work of creative nonfiction by Lebanon's Charif Majdalani, as his nation teeters on the edge of the abyss.

15 NOVEMBER, 2021 • By A.J. Naddaff

The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

Excerpted from the anthology Kurdish Women’s Stories (Pluto Press, 2020), by special arrangement with editor Houzan Mahmoud.   The Prison Speakers Played Islamic Verses Kobra Banehi Kobra Banehi, also known…

15 SEPTEMBER, 2021 • By Kobra Banehi, Jordan Elgrably

Gaza IS Palestine

Jenine Abboushi recalls family histories and lifelong friendships linking Gaza with Ramallah, Jenin and Jerusalem.

14 JULY, 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi

Why TRUTH? الحقيقه

Notes from the editor on truth and discernment.

15 MARCH, 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably

Egypt’s Night of the Battle of Horses and Camels

Iason Athanasiadis shares his remembrance and unpublished photos from the decisive battle of the 18 days that shook the world.

14 FEBRUARY, 2021 • By Iason Athanasiadis

Bahamut, or the Salt of the Earth

Farah Abdessamad remembers the Dead Sea and the myth of Bahamut.

14 JANUARY, 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad

Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign

Novelist and poet Laila Halaby reconciles herself with the neighborhood.

15 OCTOBER, 2020 • By Laila Halaby

Salvaging the shipwreck of humanity in Amin Maalouf’s Adrift

Maalouf draws a line from pivotal years in Middle Eastern history to some of the most pressing dilemmas currently facing humanity.

15 SEPTEMBER, 2020 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
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