A Conversation with Tunisian novelist Yamen Manaï
Our correspondent in Tunis, Sarah Ben Hamadi, interviews Yamen Menaï, one of Tunisia's best-selling young novelists.
TMR Interviews
Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut
Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.
Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak & Jasmine Naziha Jones: Use Your Anger as Fuel
Sparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with both comedy and drama.
Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq
Melissa Chemam profiles Iraqi Kurdish musician-composer Hardi Kurda and his projects Space 21 and Archive Khanah: Sounds from Iraq.
Zahra Ali, Pioneer of Feminist Studies on Iraq
Nada Ghosn talks to sociologist Zahra Ali, author of "Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation."
On Lebanon and Lamia Joreige’s “Uncertain Times”
Arie Amaya-Akkermans reflects on Lamia Joreige's "Uncertain Times," which represents the Lebanese wars and their aftermath.
An Interview with with Graphic Memoirist Malaka Gharib
Rusha Rafeek interviews graphic memoirist Malaka Gharib about her Arab American coming of age story.
Abu Dhabi Shows Noura Ali-Ramahi’s “Allow Me Not to Explain”
Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.
Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance
Nora Lester Murad talks to Palestinian co-authors Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri about "They Called Me a Lioness."
On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together
Laëtitia Soula talks to an imam, a pastor and a rabbi, all women, who sat down to write a book together melding feminism and religion.
Egyptian “Fights for Culture” with International Guitar Festival
Laëtitia Soula talks to Talaat El Singaby, founder of one of the world's largest annual guitar festivals.
Ziad Kalthoum: Trajectory of a Syrian Filmmaker
Film historian Viola Shafik interviews Syrian filmmaker Ziad Kalthoum about his peripatetic life in Syria and beyond.
On Ali Yass’s Die Flut (The Flood)
Berlin-based Jordanian artist and curator Ala Younis interviews Iraqi artist Ali Yass on his new work.
Palestinian Rapper Tamer Nafar Goes the Distance: An Interview
Sheren Falah Saab talks to rapper-activist Tamer Nafar, who calls for joint Palestinian and Israeli "co-resistance" to the status quo.
Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal
Washington DC's artist-entrepreneur-philanthropist (and one-time mayoral candidate) Andy Shallal dishes on matters of hunger and racism.