Trump, le Grand libérateur ! (et la peur en partage)

Le roi Trump (image générée par l’IA)

16 JANUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

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Comment résoudre un problème comme… Trump ? Notre chroniqueuse Amal Ghandour propose une analyse au vitriol non seulement de Trump, mais de l’impérialisme lui-même.

Vous avez devant vous une représentation de Donald, le Grand libérateur. Je tiens à préciser que ni l’image, ni le titre ne doivent être pris pour de l’ironie. L’image générée par l’IA a été utilisée par les comptes de la Maison Blanche sur les réseaux sociaux. Le titre, lui, est de moi, évidemment.

À vrai dire, le président Donald Trump présente toute une série de particularités fascinantes. Le plus intrigant, à mon avis, ce sont les affinités entre son goût pour l’excès ornemental et son penchant pour la politique de bas étage. Les meubles et les murs dorés dans le style Louis XIV version toc, le comportement, dans le style point américain.

À première vue, on détecte un décalage, mais c’est pour ensuite découvrir exactement le contraire. Car cet homme n’est qu’apparence. Il aime les parures dorées, les défilés militaires, les foules immenses, les gâteaux au chocolat gargantuesques, les salles de bal gigantesques. Et il aime les bagarres de saloon. Ou plus précisément, il aime donner l’impression de gagner haut la main, même lorsqu’il est évident qu’il remportera facilement la victoire.

Ce n’est pas seulement un penchant pour le spectacle, mais pour le spectaculaire dans le spectacle. Quels que soient la forme ou le but de l’acte individuel performatif, le message est toujours le même : je le veux et je l’aurai, parce que je le peux. Le pouvoir, libéré, déchaîné, sans entraves et impitoyable, avec une touche à la Trump, exercé selon sa propre volonté, sur un coup de tête, envers n’importe qui et n’importe quoi.

Mais où est le problème ? Tout Empire est instinctivement brutal, même lorsqu’il n’a pas vraiment besoin de l’être. Nous, qui en subissons les conséquences, avons toujours été révoltés par les « subtilités internationales » derrière lesquelles l’impérialisme masque ses cruautés. Aux États-Unis, ses principaux détracteurs sonnent l’alarme depuis longtemps : les protections supposées qui isolent la république de l’empire sont imaginaires. « Nous n’avons pas plus de démocratie que nous n’avons de république. Nous avons un empire », écrivait Gore Vidal en 2002, dans Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace. Aujourd’hui, le président américain embrasse cette vérité et agit, sans s’en cacher, en conséquence, et ceux qui en sont horrifiés en ont l’écume aux lèvres.

Un empire est également capricieux et, plus souvent que nous voulons bien l’admettre, absurde. À un âge avancé, il peut être acariâtre au point d’en être comique. Il est tout à fait normal que l’empereur et son entourage incarnent fidèlement ses modalités et son tempérament. On aurait pu s’attendre à ce que Trump méprise la hiérarchie : plus la position d’un pays sur le ring est basse, plus on le traitement avec rudesse, plus elle est élevée, plus on le traite avec douceur. Il n’en est rien, au grand désarroi des alliés occidentaux, dont la plupart ont eux-mêmes une riche histoire coloniale. Cet héritage impérial commun faisait d’eux des âmes sœurs, membres d’un même club, auteurs collectifs d’un ordre international sur mesure, partageant les mêmes privilèges, se livrant aux mêmes hypocrisies et accordant des exemptions à leurs pays respectifs chéris. Ce n’est apparemment plus le cas sous Trump.

Pour être honnête, telles sont les prérogatives des plus grandes superpuissances, même envers leurs amis les plus proches. Et c’est aussi le penchant particulier de Trump. Que cette démonstration publique de mépris ait un sens, sans parler de nuire aux intérêts impériaux, est une autre question – une question qui, je suppose, ne préoccupe pas vraiment le président américain. Après tout, comme l’a dit Scarlett O’Hara, juste avant de disparaître dans le noir dans Autant en emporte le vent : « Demain est un autre jour. »

Pour aujourd’hui, on dira simplement qu’il est plutôt amusant de voir une Europe déconcertée monter à bord de ce train où règne la peur, celui-là même que le reste d’entre nous, simples mortels, empruntons depuis ce qui semble être une éternité. Il a été particulièrement divertissant de voir les principaux membres de la communauté européenne bégayer sur la légalité de l’intervention musclée de Trump au Venezuela, pour ne retrouver leurs mots que lorsqu’il a tourné son regard vers le Groenland. On peut légitimement se demander ce qui différencie exactement le Venezuela du pays des Kalaallit.

Avec l’aimable autorisation d’Al-Majalla.
Avec l’aimable autorisation d’Al-Majalla.

Trump s’est certainement posé cette question il y a longtemps et a rapidement découvert que la réponse était : rien. Fort de cette attitude égalitaire, il mérite tout notre crédit pour son honnêteté ; quant aux hésitations de l’Europe, celle-ci en vient, hélas, à faire l’objet de toutes les moqueries.

Si ces sensibilités trumpiennes choquent le continent, ce qui est d’ailleurs franchement choquant en soi, les exceptions sont, elles, éclairantes : la Hongrie, à l’extrémité opposée du spectre de la peur. Viktor Orbán, de Magyarország, a été l’un des premiers à présenter publiquement l’étranger comme un agent contaminant, à exploiter les émotions les plus brutes et à mettre efficacement en marche le train de la peur pour protéger son peuple contre « l’anéantissement de la civilisation ». Ce n’est pas que beaucoup de ses collègues européens s’en soient offusqués, loin de là. C’est plutôt qu’ils ont tergiversé tout en suivant timidement son exemple.

En fait, l’Europe tergiverse de manière embarrassante depuis des années face aux multiples crises auxquelles est confrontée : elle tergiverse à propos de Gaza mais pas de l’Ukraine, à propos de la Palestine mais pas d’Israël, à propos de Poutine mais pas de Netanyahu, à propos de la liberté d’expression et de réunion mais pas quand il s’agit de se réunir pour la Palestine, à propos des réfugiés bruns mais pas des réfugiés blancs, à propos de l’islamophobie mais pas de l’antisémitisme.


(Vos yeux ne vous jouent pas des tours : le pourcentage exprimé au sommet de l’axe des ordonnées s’élève bien à 1%.)
(Vos yeux ne vous jouent pas des tours : le pourcentage exprimé au sommet de l’axe des ordonnées s’élève bien à 1%.

Et Trump n’aime tout simplement pas ceux qui tergiversent. Il n’aime déjà pas cela aux Etats-Unis, alors pourquoi devrait-il le tolérer dans ce qu’il considère comme son arrière-cour ?

« C’est un nouvel ordre mondial », a déclaré Orbán avec enthousiasme, au début de l’année 2026. C’est peut-être vrai pour l’univers occidental. Pour le nôtre, c’est l’ordre mondial tel qu’il a toujours été.


Trump en pleine lutte avec l’Iran (Ballouhey, avec l’aimable autorisation de Cagle.com)
Trump en pleine lutte avec l’Iran (Ballouhey, avec l’aimable autorisation de Cagle.com)

Dans l’immédiat, mon regard se porte donc sur l’Iran.

Sur un autre sujet

Je reste sur le même sujet cette semaine, parce tout cela est bien trop intéressant. 

Deux pays se trouvent actuellement dans l’œil du cyclone : le Venezuela et l’Iran. Deux podcasts du Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft consacrés à ces deux pays retiennent particulièrement l’attention.

La discussion sur le Venezuela réunit John Mearsheimer, Curt Mills et Miguel Tinker Salas.

Le panel sur l’Iran comprend Vali Nasr, Ellie Geranmayeh et Mohammad Ali Shabani.

Tous deux nous offrent des perspectives exceptionnelles.

*Sources : Eurostat – « Diversité de la population de l’UE par nationalité et pays de naissance » (janvier 2024) ; RFBerlin – « La population immigrée dans l’Union européenne » (avril 2025) –Voronoi / Visual Capitalist – « Quelle part de l’Europe est composée d’immigrés ? » (2025) ; Document de travail MIrreM – « La population migrante irrégulière en Europe » (2024) – Pages pays MIrreM.

La chronique bihebdomadaire d’Amal Ghandour, « This Arab Life », paraît le vendredi toutes les deux semaines, dans The Markaz Review, ainsi que sur son Substack, and is syndicated in Arabic in Al Quds Al Arabi.

Les opinions publiées dans The Markaz Review reflètent le point de vue de leurs auteurs et ne représentent pas nécessairement celui de TMR.

 

traduit de l’anglais par Marion Beauchamp-Levet



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A Treatise on Love

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Maryam Haidari, Salar Abdoh
A Treatise on Love
Columns

Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever

29 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever
Featured article

Israel-Palestine: Peace Under Occupation?

29 JANUARY 2024 • By Laëtitia Soula
Israel-Palestine: Peace Under Occupation?
Books

Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles

22 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles
Fiction

“New Reasons”—a short story by Samira Azzam

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Samira Azzam, Ranya Abdelrahman
“New Reasons”—a short story by Samira Azzam
Book Reviews

An Iranian Novelist Seeks the Truth About a Plane Crash

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Sepideh Farkhondeh
An Iranian Novelist Seeks the Truth About a Plane Crash
Essays

Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Twaij
Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas
Columns

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
Messages from Gaza Now / 2
Music

We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Brianna Halasa
We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist
Film

Religious Misogyny Personified in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Bavand Karim
Religious Misogyny Personified in Ali Abbasi’s <em>Holy Spider</em>
Fiction

“The Waiting Bones”—an essay by Maryam Haidari

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Maryam Haidari, Salar Abdoh
“The Waiting Bones”—an essay by Maryam Haidari
Book Reviews

First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past

28 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Matt Broomfield
First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past
Fiction

Bahar: 22 years in the Life of a Compulsory Hijabi in Teheran

20 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Joumana Haddad
Bahar: 22 years in the Life of a Compulsory Hijabi in Teheran
Art & Photography

Iranian Women Photographers: Life, Freedom, Music, Art & Hair

20 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Iranian Women Photographers: Life, Freedom, Music, Art & Hair
Arabic

Poet Ahmad Almallah

9 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah
Poet Ahmad Almallah
Opinion

Palestine’s Pen against Israel’s Swords of Injustice

6 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Palestine’s Pen against Israel’s Swords of Injustice
Essays

On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 

30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deema K Shehabi
On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 
Islam

October 7 and the First Days of the War

23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Robin Yassin-Kassab
October 7 and the First Days of the War
Editorial

Palestine and the Unspeakable

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Lina Mounzer
Palestine and the Unspeakable
Art

Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Taline Voskeritchian
Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art
Book Reviews

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dalia Hatuqa
<em>A Day in the Life of Abed Salama</em>: A Palestine Story
Weekly

World Picks from the Editors, Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023

12 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
World Picks from the Editors, Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023
Poetry

Home: New Arabic Poems in Translation

11 OCTOBER 2023 • By Sarah Coolidge
<em>Home</em>: New Arabic Poems in Translation
Books

Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 

9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Layla AlAmmar
Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 
Book Reviews

Reza Aslan’s An American Martyr in Persia Argues for US-Iranian Friendship

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dalia Sofer
Reza Aslan’s <em>An American Martyr in Persia</em> Argues for US-Iranian Friendship
Books

Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dima Issa
Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine
Book Reviews

Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel Wild Thorns

25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Noshin Bokth
Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel <em>Wild Thorns</em>
Art

Special World Picks Sept 15-26 on TMR’s Third Anniversary

14 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By TMR
Special World Picks Sept 15-26 on TMR’s Third Anniversary
Poetry

Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Sholeh Wolpé
Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé
Essays

September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s The Suicide Museum

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Francisco Letelier
September 11, 1973 and Ariel Dorfman’s <em>The Suicide Museum</em>
Essays

A Day in the Life with Forugh Farrokhzad (and a Tortoise)

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Fargol Malekpoosh
A Day in the Life with Forugh Farrokhzad (and a Tortoise)
Book Reviews

Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

28 AUGUST 2023 • By Thérèse Soukar Chehade
Laila Halaby’s <em>The Weight of Ghosts</em> is a Haunting Memoir
Book Reviews

What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?

21 AUGUST 2023 • By Jonathan Ofir
What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?
Book Reviews

Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s <em> Imagining Palestine</em>
Art

What Palestine Brings to the World—a Major Paris Exhibition

31 JULY 2023 • By Sasha Moujaes
<em>What Palestine Brings to the World</em>—a Major Paris Exhibition
Book Reviews

Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?

31 JULY 2023 • By Matt Broomfield
Can the Kurdish Women’s Movement Transform the Middle East?
Fiction

Arrival in the Dark—fiction from Alireza Iranmehr

2 JULY 2023 • By Alireza Iranmehr, Salar Abdoh
Arrival in the Dark—fiction from Alireza Iranmehr
Fiction

“Here, Freedom”—fiction from Danial Haghighi

2 JULY 2023 • By Danial Haghighi, Salar Abdoh
“Here, Freedom”—fiction from Danial Haghighi
Essays

Zahhāk: An Etiology of Evil

2 JULY 2023 • By Omid Arabian
Zahhāk: An Etiology of Evil
Fiction

“The Long Walk of the Martyr”—fiction from Salar Abdoh

2 JULY 2023 • By Salar Abdoh
“The Long Walk of the Martyr”—fiction from Salar Abdoh
Fiction

STAMP ME—a monologue by Yussef El Guindi

2 JULY 2023 • By Yussef El Guindi
STAMP ME—a monologue by Yussef El Guindi
Fiction

Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam

2 JULY 2023 • By Samira Azzam, Ranya Abdelrahman
Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam
Arabic

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

4 JUNE 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love
Essays

Alien Entities in the Desert

4 JUNE 2023 • By Dror Shohet
Alien Entities in the Desert
Featured Artist

Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023

4 JUNE 2023 • By TMR
Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023
Book Reviews

How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

15 MAY 2023 • By Karim Kattan
How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town
TMR Conversations

TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh

11 MAY 2023 • By Amal Ghandour, Raja Shehadeh
TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh
Photography

Iran on the Move—Photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

1 MAY 2023 • By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Malu Halasa
Iran on the Move—Photos by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
Book Reviews

Hard Work: Kurdish Kolbars or Porters Risk Everything

1 MAY 2023 • By Clive Bell
Hard Work: Kurdish <em>Kolbars</em> or Porters Risk Everything
Book Reviews

In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir

13 MARCH 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir
Centerpiece

Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration

5 MARCH 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration
Essays

More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab

5 MARCH 2023 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab
Cities

The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian

5 MARCH 2023 • By Iason Athanasiadis
The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian
Essays

Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

5 MARCH 2023 • By Anam Raheem
Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay
Book Reviews

Salman Rushdie’s Victory City: a Novel in Search of an Empire

20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Anis Shivani
Salman Rushdie’s <em>Victory City</em>: a Novel in Search of an Empire
Book Reviews

White Torture Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Kamin Mohammadi
<em>White Torture</em> Prison Interviews Condemn Solitary Confinement
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan

6 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan
TV Review

Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of Fauda Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead

6 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Brett Kline
Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of <em>Fauda</em> Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead
TMR Interviews

The Markaz Review Interview—Ayad Akhtar

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Markaz Review Interview—Ayad Akhtar
Poetry Markaz

Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Mihaela Moscaliuc
Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”
Columns

Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr

30 JANUARY 2023 • By TMR
Letters From Tehran: Braving Tehran’s Roundabout, Maidan Valiasr
Book Reviews

Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit

30 JANUARY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Editor’s Picks: Magical Realism in Iranian Lit
Art

The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art

26 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art
Featured article

Don’t Be a Stooge for the Regime—Iranians Reject State-Controlled Media!

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
Don’t Be a Stooge for the Regime—Iranians Reject State-Controlled Media!
Columns

Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi
Music

Revolutionary Hit Parade: 12+1 Protest Songs from Iran

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
Revolutionary Hit Parade: 12+1 Protest Songs from Iran
Film

Imprisoned Director Jafar Panahi’s No Bears

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Clive Bell
Imprisoned Director Jafar Panahi’s <em>No Bears</em>
Art

Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
Art

Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine
Art

Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Nora Ounnas Leroy
Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3

5 DECEMBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3
Book Reviews

Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Diana Buttu
Fida Jiryis on Palestine in <em>Stranger in My Own Land</em>
Opinion

Historic Game on the Horizon: US Faces Iran Once More

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Mireille Rebeiz
Fiction

“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Karim Kattan
“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

31 OCTOBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2
Opinion

Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World

24 OCTOBER 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World
Opinion

Letter From Tehran: On the Pain of Others, Once Again

24 OCTOBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat
Letter From Tehran: On the Pain of Others, Once Again
Poetry

The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Sholeh Wolpé
The Heroine Forugh Farrokhzad—”Only Voice Remains”
Art

#MahsaAmini—Art by Rachid Bouhamidi, Los Angeles

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Rachid Bouhamidi
#MahsaAmini—Art by Rachid Bouhamidi, Los Angeles
Art & Photography

Homage to Mahsa Jhina Amini & the Women-Led Call for Freedom

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By TMR
Homage to Mahsa Jhina Amini & the Women-Led Call for Freedom
Art

Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Sara Mokhavat, Salar Abdoh
Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat
Interviews

Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Nora Lester Murad
Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance
Columns

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1

26 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1
Essays

Phoneless in Filthy Berlin

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Maisan Hamdan, Rana Asfour
Phoneless in Filthy Berlin
Art & Photography

Photographer Mohamed Badarne (Palestine) and his U48 Project

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Viola Shafik
Photographer Mohamed Badarne (Palestine) and his U48 Project
Art & Photography

Shirin Mohammad: Portrait of an Artist Between Berlin & Tehran

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Noushin Afzali
Shirin Mohammad: Portrait of an Artist Between Berlin & Tehran
Columns

Salman Rushdie, Aziz Nesin and our Lingering Fatwas

22 AUGUST 2022 • By Sahand Sahebdivani
Salman Rushdie, Aziz Nesin and our Lingering Fatwas
Art

Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest

18 JULY 2022 • By Nada Ghosn
Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest
Editorial

Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?

15 JULY 2022 • By TMR
Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?
Centerpiece

Big Laleh, Little Laleh—memoir by Shokouh Moghimi

15 JULY 2022 • By Shokouh Moghimi, Salar Abdoh
Big Laleh, Little Laleh—memoir by Shokouh Moghimi
Latest Reviews

American Theocracy and Failed States

15 JULY 2022 • By Ani Zonneveld
American Theocracy and Failed States
Columns

World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

20 JUNE 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other
Art & Photography

Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine

15 JUNE 2022 • By TMR
Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine
Essays

Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”

15 JUNE 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”
Film

Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”

15 JUNE 2022 • By Saeed Taji Farouky
Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”
Fiction

Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

15 JUNE 2022 • By Selma Dabbagh
Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”
Opinion

Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together

25 APRIL 2022 • By Rana Salman, Yonatan Gher
Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together
Book Reviews

Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

15 APRIL 2022 • By Philip Grant
Abū Ḥamza’s Bread
Columns

Not Just Any Rice: Persian Kateh over Chelo

15 APRIL 2022 • By Maryam Mortaz, A.J. Naddaff
Not Just Any Rice: Persian Kateh over Chelo
Columns

Green Almonds in Ramallah

15 APRIL 2022 • By Wafa Shami
Green Almonds in Ramallah
Columns

Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London

15 APRIL 2022 • By Layla Maghribi
Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London
Film Reviews

Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon

21 MARCH 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s <em>Huda’s Salon</em>
Opinion

U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine

21 MARCH 2022 • By Yossi Khen, Jeff Warner
U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine
Latest Reviews

Three Love Poems by Rumi, Translated by Haleh Liza Gafori

15 MARCH 2022 • By Haleh Liza Gafori
Three Love Poems by Rumi, Translated by Haleh Liza Gafori
Columns

“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

24 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”
Editorial

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being
Columns

Getting to the Other Side: a Kurdish Migrant Story

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
Getting to the Other Side: a Kurdish Migrant Story
Art & Photography

Refugees of Afghanistan in Iran: a Photo Essay by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Salar Abdoh
Refugees of Afghanistan in Iran: a Photo Essay by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
Book Reviews

Meditations on The Ungrateful Refugee

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Meditations on <em>The Ungrateful Refugee</em>
Columns

America’s Freedom Hinges on the Survival of its Democracy

3 JANUARY 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
America’s Freedom Hinges on the Survival of its Democracy
Columns

The US Democracy Crisis is a Media Crisis and the Mainstream Press is Losing

27 DECEMBER 2021 • By Lorraine Ali
The US Democracy Crisis is a Media Crisis and the Mainstream Press is Losing
Interviews

The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Fabulous Omid Djalili on Good Times and the World
Fiction

Three Levantine Tales

15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Nouha Homad
Three Levantine Tales
Columns

Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest
Fiction

The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)

22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Waqar Ahmed
The Promotion (a short story from Saudi Arabia)
Centerpiece

The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Ramzy Baroud
The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi
Film Reviews

Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?

11 OCTOBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?
Art & Photography

Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Maryam Sophia Jahanbin
Hasteem, We Are Here: The Collective for Black Iranians
Essays

Why Resistance Is Foundational to Kurdish Literature

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Ava Homa
Why Resistance Is Foundational to Kurdish Literature
Featured excerpt

The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Kobra Banehi, Jordan Elgrably
The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi
Latest Reviews

Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco

15 AUGUST 2021 • By Sherine Hamdy
Women Comic Artists, from Afghanistan to Morocco
Essays

Gaza, You and Me

14 JULY 2021 • By Abdallah Salha
Gaza, You and Me
Weekly

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

4 JULY 2021 • By Maryam Zar
The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
Book Reviews

ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter

4 JULY 2021 • By Jessica Proett
ISIS and the Absurdity of War in the Age of Twitter
Book Reviews

The Triumph of Love and the Palestinian Revolution

16 MAY 2021 • By Fouad Mami
Art

The Murals of “Education is Not a Crime”

14 MAY 2021 • By Saleem Vaillancourt
The Murals of “Education is Not a Crime”
Essays

Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?

14 MAY 2021 • By Taylor Miller, TMR
Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?
Essays

Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in

14 MAY 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in
Weekly

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

28 MARCH 2021 • By Patrick James Dunagan
“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish
TMR 7 • Truth?

Poetry Against the State

14 MARCH 2021 • By Gil Anidjar
Poetry Against the State
Poetry

A visual poem from Hala Alyan: Gaza

14 MARCH 2021 • By TMR
A visual poem from Hala Alyan: Gaza
TMR 7 • Truth?

The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories

14 MARCH 2021 • By Malu Halasa
The Crash, Covid-19 and Other Iranian Stories
TMR 6 • Revolutions

The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later

14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later
Columns

On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective

14 JANUARY 2021 • By I. Rida Mahmood
On American Democracy and Empire, a Corrective
Book Reviews

The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

30 DECEMBER 2020 • By Layla AlAmmar
The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”
TMR 4 • Small & Indie Presses

Children of the Ghetto, My Name Is Adam

14 DECEMBER 2020 • By Elias Khoury
Children of the Ghetto, My Name Is Adam
Centerpiece

The Road to Jerusalem, Then and Now

15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By Raja Shehadeh
The Road to Jerusalem, Then and Now
Essays

Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Laila Halaby
Dear Neighbors With the Trump/Pence Sign
The Red and the Blue

How Are You Feeling? Have the Trump Years Been Good to You?

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Jordan Elgrably
World Picks

Interlink Proposes 4 New Arab Novels

22 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By TMR
Interlink Proposes 4 New Arab Novels

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