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  • TMR56
  • EDITORIAL
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 Don’t Have Time For This Right Now

Fourteen million people have been displaced from Sudan due to the war, finding joy in life between the Hilo and the Murr.

05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Re'al Bakhit

Remaining in Light: Iranians Search for Solace and Well-Being

Iranian doctors, psychotherapists, and exiled human rights advocates are exploring new talk therapy methods to combat despair amid authoritarianism.

05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Malu Halasa

All the Old Fears

Mohammad Rabie conducts a poignant self-examination, reflecting on a lifetime of fear.

05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Mohammad Rabie, Lina Mounzer

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Food, Michael Fakhri, on Gaza

Lina Mounzer interviews UN Special Rapporteur Michael Fakhri on Gaza, food and famine.

05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Lina Mounzer

Why Out of Our Minds?

Our senior editor in Beirut, Lina Mounzer, relates intimately to the theme of TMR 53, having experienced civil war in Beirut.

05 SEPTEMBER, 2025 • By Lina Mounzer

Memoricide Voided by Four Palestinian Women Diarists

"Voices of Resistance" stands as a vital work of testimonial literature that refuses to be forgotten, writes Francesca Vawdrey.

04 JULY, 2025 • By Francesca Vawdrey

Syria and the Future of Art: an Intimate Portrait

Following the banishment of Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian artists are starting to return and exhibit new work at home and internationally.

04 JULY, 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Forgotten offers a profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time.

04 JULY, 2025 • By Gabriel Polley

Ignoring the Drones: Introduction to Freedom to Read

TMR's literary editor gives insight and nuance to our Summer 2025 double literary issue.

04 JULY, 2025 • By Malu Halasa

“Bleating”—a short story by Eman Al Yousuf

After many years of being tormented, a man finally seeks revenge against past aggressors who have long since vanished. Or have they?

04 JULY, 2025 • By Eman Al Yousuf, Rana Asfour

Are We As Free To Read Books As We Think?

We're not quite at "Fahrenheit 451" where books in pyres are burned in public, but our freedom to read faces significant threats.

04 JULY, 2025 • By Yasmina Jraissati

“My Choices Are My Downfall”—a short story by Fadi Zaghmout

What happens when a human-robot relationship forms? In near-future Dubai, an accident in a skyscraper holds the key to this question.

04 JULY, 2025 • By Fadi Zaghmout, Rana Asfour
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