As planet temperatures rise, architects in the Middle East eschew Western fixes and revitalize local solutions.
01 AUGUST 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
In Gaza, where airstrikes define life, two lovers still find a way to connect in a landscape scarred by shrapnel and scattered steel.
25 JULY 2025 • By Husam Maarouf
Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, and concerts … TMR World Picks run the gamut…
25 JULY 2025 • By TMR
What do you do when an old friend continues to disappoint, when it comes to the matter of the genocide in Gaza?
25 JULY 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
A reflection on the moral complexity of art during genocide and grief, highlighting the healing power of poetry, music, and shared humanity.
18 JULY 2025 • By Yahia Lababidi
A magical realism short story exploring the horrific daily experiences of the Palestinian people and the radicalizing influence of violence.
18 JULY 2025 • By Richie Billing
Bosnian-American artist Šehović marks the Srebrenica Genocide with an installation of cups filled with coffee — unsweetened and undrunk.
18 JULY 2025 • By Claudia Mende
When one poet declines to participate on the international stage in Edinburgh, supporters of Palestinian human rights are in a quandary.
18 JULY 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
Matt Broomfield's new book explores the history of the Rojava revolution in Syrian Kurdistan as a model for global liberation movements.
11 JULY 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. serviceman who self-immolated to protest the genocide in Gaza, has become a modern Palestinian martyr.
11 JULY 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Gurnah's new novel, "Theft," is a post-colonial exploration of Tanzania, immigration, and the relationship between Africa and the west.
09 JULY 2025 • By Philip Grant
A writer in Tehran surveys the wreckage after 12 days of missiles, bombs and rhetoric flying between Israel and Iran.
27 JUNE 2025 • By Amir
