To understand Palestine, argues writer-director Annemarie Jacir, you have to go back to the first decades of the 20th century.
31 OCTOBER 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Annemarie Jacir’s new film is big-tent entertainment, accented by a critical history of Anglo-Zionist collusion between the wars.
31 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Online panel discussions, films, exhibitions, books and more … TMR World Picks span the gamut.
31 OCTOBER 2025 • By TMR
"Sudan Retold," co-curated by Albaih and Fuhrmann, opened at Alhosh Gallery in Doha, focusing on wartime cultural definitions.
24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter
Respite, please, from genocide and famine in Gaza, but not from torment and heartbreak. Respite, please, for whatever it’s worth.
24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Amal Ghandour
Forbidden or taboo love? In a world where we live free, how could such stymied conventions continue to exist?
24 OCTOBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
In Egypt where nationalist anthems are weaponized and satire becomes grounds for persecution, Taraddud stands as an act of survival.
17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Salma Harland
Bombed streets and Palestinian suffering contrast with Orwell’s language, showing how terms like “security operations” sanitize violence.
17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Alex Demyanenko
Tamara Stepanyan’s latest documentary, My Armenian Phantoms, interweaves film history with an intimate coming-of-age story.
17 OCTOBER 2025 • By Jim Quilty
In the Global South, abstraction connects with modernism and evades censorship. Could it be a powerful way to explore deep time and memory?
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
An artist is unable to go on with life and work as usual, while Israelis are committed to a campaign of murder and mayhem against Palestinians.
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
Two years into the crushing genocide in Gaza, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi recalls her displacements and the significance of writing for her people.
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
