Reading the Landscape: Cultural Clues and Regime Messages in Iran
Iran attempts to woo a weary populace with exhibitions, billboards, and even promises that past transgressions can be forgotten and forgiven.
Reading The Orchards of Basra
The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot be silenced.
New Documentaries from Palestine, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iran
New SWANA films respond to genocide and starvation while urging viewers to act beyond passive consumption of the big screen.
مقتطف من رواية «طرق متنوعة لقتل النمل» لمحمد الفولي
تتلخص رواية محمد الفولي الجديدة في كراهية النمل، يحدثنا الراوي المخادع عن أسباب كراهيته لتلك الكائنات الصغيرة، ولا يخفي هوسه بمحاولة عقابها وقتلها مع كل فصل من فصول الرواية.
قصة قصيرة لحسين فوزي: باللمبة النيون قام
عن مخاوف الطفولة وأرق التعامل مع الأب العائد بعد غياب طويل، يكتب حسين فوزي قصة قصيرة مبهرة، حيث تحاول الشخصية الرئيسية التعامل مع هلاوسها وخيالاتها التي لا تهدأ.
A Safe Place
A Christian woman in solitary confinement in a Pakistani prison is recognized as a voice of reason, even though others view her as mad.
The Intersection
A drink at a pub, a conversation about psychoanalysis, madness, despair and pain—an encounter.
Sara Shamma — Cleaving the World in Two
After living in London and Beirut, Sara Shamma returned to Damascus, where her hyperrealistic paintings reflect the chaos of today’s world.
The Midday Ghoul
Inspired by a famous Libyan folktale, “Azouz il-Gayla,” the tale intends to discipline children to keep them from playing outside during nap time.
I Don’t Have Time For This Right Now
Fourteen million people have been displaced from Sudan due to the war, finding joy in life between the Hilo and the Murr.
Remaining in Light: Iranians Search for Solace and Well-Being
Iranian doctors, psychotherapists, and exiled human rights advocates are exploring new talk therapy methods to combat despair amid authoritarianism.
Why Out of Our Minds?
Our senior editor in Beirut, Lina Mounzer, relates intimately to the theme of TMR 53, having experienced civil war in Beirut.