Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.
10 JANUARY 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
TMR's five main editors have selected two of our favorite stories of the year for your reading pleasure. Of course, we are utterly subjective.
28 DECEMBER 2024 • By TMR
Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
28 DECEMBER 2024 • By TMR
Sophie Kazan Makhlouf interviews international Moroccan artist Mounir Fatmi on his studio practice, why he makes art, and what he thinks of global audiences.
28 DECEMBER 2024 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
Zahra Hankir reviews Hazem Jamjoum's English translation of Palestinian novelist Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's novel "No One Knows Their Blood Type."
20 DECEMBER 2024 • By Zahra Hankir
The conflation of antisemitism with political criticism of Israel not only stifles free speech; it makes Jews less safe around the world.
20 DECEMBER 2024 • By Stephen Rohde
A son of Hama — a former prisoner and now a TV correspondent — takes his first steps towards his country in over a decade.
13 DECEMBER 2024 • By Zaher Omareen, Rana Asfour
A Syrian medical student from Damascus, forced into exile, shares his story with political scientist Wendy Pearlman — anonymously.
13 DECEMBER 2024 • By Wendy Pearlman
TMR editors have compiled a list of 30 of their favorite titles on Syria, including novels, nonfiction and memoir.
13 DECEMBER 2024 • By TMR
Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he is prone to sudden dislocations in time.
06 DECEMBER 2024 • By Khairy Shalaby, Michael Cooperson
Lebanon may have survived yet another Israeli onslaught but the people emerge scathed and timorous, as if from a nightmare.
29 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Tarek Abi Samra, Lina Mounzer
Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
29 NOVEMBER 2024 • By TMR
