Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures, new books...TMR World Picks run the gamut...
28 FEBRUARY 2025 • By TMR
Jim Quilty interviews Paris-based Gazan artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut about his new show, "Just in Case" at Sfeir-Semler Gallery, on through March 25.
21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Jim Quilty
The poetry of Najwan Darwish is “at once anti-nationalist yet profoundly and personally invested in the Palestinian cause."
21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Eman Quotah
What two new books from Omar El Akkad and Mohammed El-Kurd tell us about the war on the Palestinian people.
14 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
Gaza was meant from the start of the genocide to be bombed into rubble, to be made uninhabitable and to be depopulated of the Palestinians.
14 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Chris Hedges
Celebrity Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan presents stories and recipes from his long experience cooking in Bethlehem and beyond.
31 JANUARY 2025 • By Fadi Kattan
Natasha Tynes reviews a Palestinian novel that thoughtfully examines intergenerational trauma, making it an insightful and worthwhile read.
31 JANUARY 2025 • By Natasha Tynes
Filmmaker Yasmin Fedda and arts activist Daniel Gorman share their reflections of a three-day visit to Syria early this year.
24 JANUARY 2025 • By Yasmin Fedda, Daniel Gorman
Alex Tan reviews the new chronology of poems from Lebanon's bard of war and exile, Wadih Saadeh, translated by Robin Moger.
24 JANUARY 2025 • By Alex Tan
Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
24 JANUARY 2025 • By TMR
Karim Goury reviews the Iranian film, "My Favorite Cake," a celebration of love in the twilight of life, in a society where prohibition and surveillance reign.
17 JANUARY 2025 • By Karim Goury
A conversation in which two Arabic to English translators and scholars consider language and Gaza with respect to the west's racism and indifference.
17 JANUARY 2025 • By Yasmeen Hanoosh, Huda J. Fakhreddine
