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Sudden Journeys: From Munich with Love and Realpolitik

A family tragedy (we all have them), powerful forms of devotion and love, and a common political approach to “defeated peoples” in the world—all revisited over a weekend in Munich.

27 DECEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi

Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest

Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in Palestine.

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi

From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea

Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching over King David's Tomb in Jerusalem, but exiled in 1948.

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Asfour

Syria Through British Eyes

British-Syrian novelist Rana Haddad compares her experience growing up in Syria with the way people beyond Syria's borders see her country.

29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Haddad

Three Banned Saudi Novels Everyone Should Read

Despite its repressive regimes, Saudi Arabia has produced a number of world-class novelists — several of whom have seen their best work banned. Rana Asfour reviews three in English translation.

22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Asfour

Kurdish Poet and Writer Meral Şimşek Merits Her Freedom

Jordan Elgrably   Imagine, if you will, being put on trial for publishing poems and stories extolling the values of human rights and equality — or rotting in prison as…

04 OCTOBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably

Palestine in the World: “Palestine: A Socialist Introduction”

Jenine Abboushi reviews the recent anthology of essays on socialism in the context of Palestinian resistance.

06 JUNE 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi

The Hidden World of Istanbul’s Rums

Rana Haddad interviews Istanbullu novelist Nektaria Anastasiadou about the little-known Rum community of Istanbul featured in her new novel.

21 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Rana Haddad

Systemic Racism in Tunisia Hasn’t Gone Away

Arab/Muslim countries of the Middle East and North Africa have largely failed to fight racism and discrimination against black people. To go deeper into the DNA of Arab/Muslim racism, TMR…

15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By TMR, Khawla Ksiksi

Arabs and Race in America through the Short Story Prism

A different conversation about Arab belonging and assimilation in America, through the prism of Syrian experience.

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Malu Halasa
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