A Response to “Gaza: Mowing the Lawn” 2014-15
California poet and activist Tony Litwinko reacts to the painted images in “Gaza: Mowing the Lawn” from Jaime Scholnick.
“Gaza: Mowing the Lawn” by Artist Jaime Scholnick
Art critic Sagi Refael reviews painted images from the 2014 Gaza war that he calls “one of the most significant politically-charged art series of recent years.”
Sailing to Gaza to Break the Siege
One of the cofounders of the Free Gaza movement to break the siege of Gaza, Greta Berlin, tells the story of their first sea voyage.
“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.
Why “Wasta” When Nepotism & Corruption are Equally Rife in the West?
Our editorial outlines the fact that wasta isn’t exclusively an Arab problem, but one that plagues societies east and west.
Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared
In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old country.
Lebanese Oppose Corruption with a Game of Wasta
Victoria Schneider reports from Beirut on the new Wasta board game that satirizes corruption in Lebanon.