Letter from Gaza: Stuck in Place

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Three stories published every Friday

Between the City and the Sea: A review of And the Fish Fly Above our Heads

Dima el-Horr's latest documentary offers a rarely-seen side of Beirut's Corniche.

14 AUGUST 2026 • By Amelia Izmanki

Summer Reading!

Discover the top summer reads TMR editors can’t wait to dive into—perfect picks for your own holiday escape.

14 AUGUST 2026 • By TMR

A Life not Defined by Death: A critical reading of The Book of Damascus

Comma Press’s "Reading the City" series turns its attention to Damascus.

14 AUGUST 2026 • By Anas Tareef

To Inhabit the Wind: The Kurd and the politics of recognition

A young Kurdish writer grapples with what it means to exist outside the politics of appeal and visibility.

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Aline Jabbari

Twining Apocalypse and Rebirth in Israel-Palestine

A columnist speculates on the possible afterlives awaiting after Gaza's apocalypse.

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

Two Poems by Selîm Temo

Two new poems by Kurdish translator and poet Selîm Temo are presented in English translation for the first time.

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Selîm Temo, Rojin Shekh Hamo

Current Issue

TMR 60 HAWAR: THE KURDISH ISSUE

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  • Editorial

Hawar—A Cry for Kurdistan

TMR guest editor Aryan Omar Hassan shares the inspiration for the title of our newest issue, and his experiences in the Kurdish diaspora.

By Aryan Omar Hassan
  • TMR 60
  • Centerpiece

“The Great Mother’s Vigil”—fiction

After a grieving mother is gunned down, seven children become the custodians of a village’s shattered memory.

By Hoshang Waziri, Hassan Abdulrazzak
  • TMR 60
  • Featured Artist

Zehra Doğan, Kurdish Resistance Artist

Much of Doğan's groundbreaking art was created in prison out of the materials at hand: hair, coffee, blood.

By Rojda Idil Arslan

Fiction

“The Lens of the North and the Lung of the South”—fiction

This haunting tale explores the Mediterranean as an artistic inspiration, a deceptively hopeful bridge, and a vast cemetery.

19 JUNE 2026 • By Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour

“The House Dog”—fiction

This gothic short story is set on the island of Unguja in Tanzania, where an idyllic house hides something darker.

8 MAY 2026 • By Rebecca Lloyd

Essays

To Inhabit the Wind: The Kurd and the politics of recognition

A young Kurdish writer grapples with what it means to exist outside the politics of appeal and visibility.

7 AUGUST 2026 • By Aline Jabbari

The Passive Voice of Light: On Grief and Imperial Grammar

A Palestinian teacher remembers the sister who taught her the passive voice, not knowing that grammar would be used to erase her.

10 JULY 2026 • By Hanan Habashi

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