Revolution, Democracy and the Tunisian Exception
Our correspondent in Tunis looks at President Kaïs Saïed’s un-democratic attempts to save Tunisia from collapse.
TMR Weekly
“Guns and Figs” from Heba Hayek’s new Gaza book
TMR presents an exclusive excerpt from the new book Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies, Heba Hayek’s vignettes of a girlhood in Gaza.
Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah
The food blogger who launched Palestine in a Dish gives us some background on the wonderful green herbalicious recipe known throughout the Arab world.
Summer of ‘21 Reading—Notes from the Editors
Our editors reveal their diverse literary interests, with more than a dozen recommendations for summer reading.
Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية
A Bethlehem chef reaches back to childhood to fish out a family recipe for delicious fatteh he remembers eating in Gaza.
“Hot Maroc” Satirizes Marrakesh, Moroccan Society
El Habib Louai on the Moroccan novel that sizes up and lampoons a country coming into its own in the internet age.
The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Maryam Zar reviews the new biography from Kai Bird, examining the one-term president who went on to change the world.
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter
Jessica Proett reviews Salar Abdoh's empirical novel set during the days when ISIS was running loose across Iraq and Syria.
World Picks: July 2021
Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…well, in some cases you can go in person!
A New Book on Music, Palestine-Israel & the “Three State Solution”
TMR reviews a new book on Palestinian and Israeli musicians looks at the border zones and interstices of the conflict.
Q & A with Nili Belkind on “Music in Conflict” in Palestine-Israel
Musician and Middle East historian Mark LeVine interviews ethnomusicologist Nili Belkind on her new book profiling Palestinian and Israeli musicians.
Spare Me the Empathy Tantrum: Rafia Zakaria’s “Against White Feminism”
Myriam Gurba reviews a book that argues that some "white feminists accept the benefits conferred by white supremacy at the expense of people of color."
Palestine in the World: “Palestine: A Socialist Introduction”
Jenine Abboushi reviews the recent anthology of essays on socialism in the context of Palestinian resistance.
Arab Women and The Thousand and One Nights
Malu Halasa reviews a new anthology of Arab women writers on sex, love and lust, including "the leading lights of modern Arab fiction: Hanan al-Shaykh, Adhaf Soueif, Leila Slimani and Adania Shibli."
The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria
Rana Asfour reviews Faysal Khartash's Roundabout of Death and Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars.