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TMR Weekly

18 April, 2021 • Fadi Kattan

Covid and Zaatar

When you're a chef, losing your sense of smell and taste threatens your entire way of life. Chef Fadi Kattan on overcoming Covid-19.

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28 March, 2021 • Patrick James Dunagan

“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish

Reviewer Patrick James Dunagan on poetry that strives to cope with the anguish of Israel's decades-long military occupation of the Palestinian people.

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28 March, 2021 • Joyce Zonana

Being Jewish and Muslim Together: Remembering Our Legacy

Joyce Zonana reviews two recent titles that reveal Jewish-Muslim connections and communities of the Arab world.

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21 March, 2021 • Sherifa Zuhur

Ode to the ‘Ud and Its Lovers

No other instrument entrances quite like the ‘ud. Sherifa Zuhur presents a portrait of the world's notable ‘ud masters.

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21 March, 2021 • TMR

Arab Shaman: Remembering Hani Naser

Drummer and author John Densmore recalls the mastery and the mysticism of his late friend Hani Naser.

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7 March, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

In Yemen, Women are the Heroes

International aid worker and writer Farah Abdessamad has been traveling to Yemen for work since 2014. This is the first time she has written about her experiences there publicly.

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7 March, 2021 • Melissa Chemam

Faïza Guène’s Fight for French Respectability

Melissa Chemam considers the sixth novel by France's former teen sensation Faïza Guène and whether she is now part of the literary canon.

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28 February, 2021 • Mara Ahmed

Decolonizing Art for Art’s Sake

Culture critic and filmmaker Mara Ahmed deconstructs three versions of an opéra-ballet to get at the heart of western racism in mainstream dance performance.

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24 February, 2021 • Ammiel Alcalay

To the Light—Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti: 1919-2021

Ammiel Alcalay remembers an American original, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who was also the publisher and doyen of City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco.

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21 February, 2021 • Rana Haddad

The Hidden World of Istanbul’s Rums

Rana Haddad interviews Istanbullu novelist Nektaria Anastasiadou about the little-known Rum community of Istanbul featured in her new novel.

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21 February, 2021 • TMR

World Picks, February-March ‘21

Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…welcome to the pandemic!

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14 February, 2021 • Nada Ghosn

Hanane Hajj Ali, Portrait of a Theatrical Trailblazer

Nada Ghosn talks to Beirut's powerhouse Hanane Hajj Ali who receives an international theatre award from League of Professional Theatre Women out of New York.

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14 February, 2021 • TMR

Francofeminism: a Postcolonial History

Mariem Gellouz and Sélima Kebaïli deconstruct Francophonie in the context of postcolonial Tunisian, Arab and African feminism.

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25 January, 2021 • TMR

World Picks, January and February ‘21

Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…welcome to the pandemic!

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25 January, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Polyphony of a Syrian Refugee Speaks Volumes

Farah Abdessamad reviews Silence is a Sense, the new novel from Layla AlAmmar.

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