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TMR Weekly

22 November, 2024 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Palestinian artists at Copenhagen’s Glyptotek

Palestinian artist duo Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme fight anti-Arab propaganda by making challenging art.

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15 November, 2024 • Abdelrahman ElGendy

Liberation Cosplay: on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Events like the Day of the Imprisoned Writer risk becoming mere spectacles until they challenge the status quo.

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15 November, 2024 • Sheryl Ono

A Jewish Meditation on the Palestinian Genocide

A Jewish American has been afraid to express her reservations and criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza, but felt she had to speak out.

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8 November, 2024 • Jordan Elgrably

The Editor’s Letter Following the US 2024 Presidential Election

The Markaz Review responds to the results of the 2024 US presidential election, in which Donald Trump prevailed over Kamala Harris.

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8 November, 2024 • Roger Assaf, Zeina Hashem Beck

The Haunting Reality of Beirut, My City

Roger Assaf's poetic script for Jocelyne Saab's 1982 film about the siege of Beirut puts one in mind of today's stark reality in Lebanon.

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8 November, 2024 • Zeina Hashem Beck

Between Two Sieges: Translating Roger Assaf in California

Letters from a displaced Lebanese poet today to civil war-era actor-director Roger Assaf evoke Beirut in 1982, 2006 and 2024.

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1 November, 2024 • Nina Hubinet

Palestinian Artists Reflect on the Role of Art in Catastrophic Times

Multimedia and performing artists gather in Marseille for the 8th Biennale "Sin," on how to be a Palestinian artist after October 7th.

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25 October, 2024 • Yasmeen Hanoosh, maia tabet

The Conversation: Arabic-English Translators maia tabet & Yasmeen Hanoosh

Long-time diasporic translators discuss the art of translation, from Arabic to English, identifying intersections and divergences along their paths.

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25 October, 2024 • Lucine Kasbarian

Should a Climate-Destroying Dictatorship Host a Climate-Saving Conference?

A year after committing ethnic cleansing, Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29 with little pushback from mainstream media.

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25 October, 2024 • TMR

November World Picks from the Editors

Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.

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18 October, 2024 • Iason Athanasiadis

The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age

Iason Athanasiadis talks to Petra Molnar about her new book on automated decision-making technologies that facilitate institutional violence while eliminating accountability.

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18 October, 2024 • Rana Haddad

The Hybrid—The Case of Michael Vatikiotis

Rana Haddad interviews hybrid hopscotching writer Michael Vatikiotis on his colorful life and work spanning continents.

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18 October, 2024 • Nektaria Anastasiadou

Courage and Compassion, a Memoir of War and its Aftermath

Nektaria Anastasiadou reviews polyglot Tony Molho's memoir about the Holocaust in Greece and his family history.

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11 October, 2024 • Karim Goury

Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami

Karim Goury reviews "Tatami," a sports combat film depicting the conflict between suppressive male law and individual female empowerment.

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11 October, 2024 • Fadi Kattan, Anna Patrowicz

Palestine, the Land of Grapes and Wine

Historic Palestine has always been a fertile agricultural land, a space of spirituality, and where wine was born and celebrated.

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