Aomar Boom describes the centrality of donkeys and mules to life in the unforgiving earthquake-shattered terrain of the High Atlas Mountains.
25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Aomar BoumAs she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event.
07 AUGUST 2023 • By Karim GouryArie Amaya-Akkermans recounts the history of Beirut's museum, with its multiple destructions and resurrections.
12 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-AkkermansKarim Goury reviews Ali Cherri's haunting feature film The Dam, set in Sudan before the outbreak of the war this year.
04 JUNE 2023 • By Karim GouryYasmine Motawy interviews the critically-acclaimed Sudanese novelist and short story writer, Leila Aboulela.
29 MAY 2023 • By Yasmine MotawyTMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, checks out one of the world's largest book events looking for literary mana.
29 MAY 2023 • By Rana AsfourFormer ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting on the geopolitical chess table.
29 MAY 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.Rana Asfour talks to Syrian-born and raised qanunist Maya Youssef, who now lives and teaches in the UK.
22 MAY 2023 • By Rana AsfourSpeaking of Arab revolutions, Tugrul Mende reviews a new book from Stanford looking back at revolutionaries of Dhufar, south Oman.
15 MAY 2023 • By Tugrul MendeRula Khateeb Jarallah reviews the news translation of the Mohammed Said Hjiouij novella in which a man is transformed into a monkey.
08 MAY 2023 • By Rula Khateeb JarallahJanine AlHadidi reviews the gritty mystery thriller set in east Amman that has Jordanians talking.
24 APRIL 2023 • By Janine AlHadidiWriter-photographer Ara Oshagan mediates on the borders between North and South Korea and the blockaded enclave of Artsakh.
17 APRIL 2023 • By Ara Oshagan