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Man Is a Cause: Wisam Rafeedie & the Palestinian Revolutionary Novel

A classic prison novel by Wisam Rafeedie recounts the revolutionary fervor of Palestinian political prisoners.

19 APRIL 2024 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould

World Picks from the Editors: Mar 23— Apr 5

TMR editors highlight the best events, books, films, podcasts and other cultural products from around the globe.

22 MARCH 2024 • By Malu Halasa

Israeli & Palestinian Filmmakers Accused of Anti-semitism at Berlinale

Viola Shafik addresses the controversy at the 2024 Berlinale, following the screening of a Palestinian-Israeli "solidarity film."

11 MARCH 2024 • By Viola Shafik

Human Rights Films on Ownership of History, Women’s Bodies & Paintings

Malu Halasa offers an overview of three Middle Eastern films screening at the 2024 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London.

11 MARCH 2024 • By Malu Halasa

Issam Kourbaj’s Love Letter to Syria in Cambridge

A blood-red line drawn across the form of Syria seems to confirm the nonsensical nature of the country’s political situation and makes the destruction of artist Issam Kourbaj’s homeland all…

12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf

Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison

In tone, "Rotten Evidence" is cynical, bitterly funny, and oftentimes tender without ever being sentimental, writes Lina Mounzer.

12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer

Reconciling Ouarzazate with Solar Energy in Our Desert Town

As a solar power plant overtakes a Moroccan desert town, reconfiguring its visual and territorial makeup, there are worries it might overshadow its rich cultural history.

15 JANUARY 2024 • By Brahim El Guabli

The Apocalypse is a Dance Party

Turkish artist Sena Başöz explores the metaphor of the magnolia and the advent of the apocalypse within the realm of imagination.

08 JANUARY 2024 • By Sena Başöz

Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit

Gaza's professional para-cycling team for amputee athletes rise above Gaza's darkest days through determination and excellence in sport.

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Malu Halasa

A Student’s Tribute to Refaat Alareer, Gaza’s Beloved Storyteller

Killed in Gaza by the Israeli military, Refaat Alareer's spirit and words continue to live on in his students, writes Yousef M. Al Jamal.

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Yousef M. Aljamal

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

Firsthand accounts of the war by Hossam Madhoun, a theatre-maker reporting from the rubble of Gaza.

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun

Messages From Gaza Now

A Gazan theatre artist, constantly endangered by the onslaught of Israeli planes, drones and bombs, writes from the heart of the matter.

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
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