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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“Tuesday”—a story from Palestine

This tautly written short story charts the existential dread of Israeli checkpoints.

05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Majd Aburrub

The Price of Freedom: Prison Writings from Post-Revolutionary Egypt

At the most basic level, writing creates a bond between the world inside a cell and the world outside.

05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould

A Never-Ending Day—an excerpt

Small-time crook Magdy survives a street brawl, an angry relative, and an accidental murder — all in one day.

05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Mohab Aref

10 Noir Films from the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey

From classic noir to chilling psychological thriller, these ten films encapsulate the cinematographic experience of NOIR.

05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By TMR

Pharmakon State: A Republic of Ruins, a Ritual of Return

An art exhibition in Damascus is filled with works that build upon trauma, asking: What happens after the collapse?

05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Robert Bociaga

Bejan Matur on Finding Poetry in a Vortex

"I know the poem is waiting for me somewhere," explains Bejan Matur, whose lyrical poetry bridges oral tradition with written word.

05 DECEMBER, 2025 • By Bejan Matur

We, the Wanderers—Featured Artist El Mehdi Largo

A Moroccan artist creates genre-defying art that critiques orientalist tropes.

07 NOVEMBER, 2025 • By Naima Morelli

Home — a State of Restlessness?

A writer explores what home means when one's life is upended and what once held cherished emotions disintegrates.

07 NOVEMBER, 2025 • By Neemah Ahamed

The Non-Citizen Gulf Resident Novel: An Emergent Genre?

Non-citizen Gulf residents are rarely depicted in media or literature, but two new novels may change all that.

07 NOVEMBER, 2025 • By Gaar Adams

Novelist Jadd Hilal on Being French and Palestinian

Jadd Hilal is French, Palestinian, and Lebanese. In this interview with TMR, he parses national identities.

07 NOVEMBER, 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud

“Paranoia”—a story from Afghanistan

Haunted by fear and fragile hope, two couples cross the Afghan capital and accidentally meet. Where is the common ground between them?

07 NOVEMBER, 2025 • By Parand, Asad Narim

Love and Other Obstacles: When a Palestinian and an Israeli Get Married

A new memoir builds a case for one state where everyone has equal rights.

07 NOVEMBER, 2025 • By Anna Lekas Miller
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