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5 DECEMBER, 2025

Escaping the “Cockroach”—On Melancholy and Noir

Like a classic noir narrative in which morality blurs and truth is slippery, the world today feels increasingly absurd and nihilistic.

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“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

A Jaha in the Metaverse—fiction by Fadi Zaghmout

A short story by Jordanian writer Fadi Zaghout in which a traditional Jordanian "Jaha" ceremony takes place in the metaverse.

03 DECEMBER, 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout

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

Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer

Rabi Georges reviews and interviews innovative architect Oorvi Sharma in Abu Dhabi.

05 NOVEMBER, 2023 • By Rabi Georges

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

Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates

Rana Asfour on the UAE's intervention solutions for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings rooted in the city.

05 NOVEMBER, 2023 • By Rana Asfour

Waking Up To My Distorted City—an Interview with Hisham Bustani & Linda Al Khoury

Hisham Bustani and Linda Al Khoury talk to TMR about their new bilingual book and the urban distortions they bear witness to in Amman, Jordan.

05 NOVEMBER, 2023 • By Rana Asfour

The Vanishing of the Public Intellectual

Public intellectuals no longer exist, argues Moustafa Bayoumi; they have been usurped by "influencers."

01 OCTOBER, 2023 • By Moustafa Bayoumi

“Supplication”—a short story by Hisham Bustani

In Hisham Bustani’s new short story, one man’s religious nightmare brings him face to face with an unlikely public intellectual of his day.

01 OCTOBER, 2023 • By Hisham Bustani, Thoraya El-Rayyes

Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Political Prisoner and Public Intellectual

Yasmine El Rashidi on writer-thinker Alaa Abdel Fattah who advocates for the rights of those without platforms to campaign for themselves.

01 OCTOBER, 2023 • By Yasmine El Rashidi

London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

Selma Dabbagh's run through a London cemetery proves to be valuable fodder for the creative inspiration the writer was searching for.

03 SEPTEMBER, 2023 • By Selma Dabbagh
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