Not Even the Dead Rest in Palestine

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A Fight to The Death (the Rest of Us In-Between)

No one in Lebanon is ever out of the fray, not even those who are very far away from burning neighborhoods and landscapes.

27 MARCH 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

Dear Souseh: Distressed (& More) by War

This month, Souseh answers two letters from readers distressed by the outbreak of war, and notably the cognitive dissonance that results.

27 MARCH 2026 • By Lina Mounzer

Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky on Migrants, Racism, and Hope

An unorthodox family forged by crisis, three African women living together in Tunis, shelters a young shipwreck survivor.

27 MARCH 2026 • By Karim Goury

“Ehna rajiun”—a review of Hannah Assadi’s Paradiso 17

The protagonist is a complete individual, but also a product of forces that have shaped and exiled many Palestinians.

20 MARCH 2026 • By Eman Quotah

Iranian Visions of Democracy from the Ruins

Iranians emerging from the rubble of war have their own struggle ahead. But the lessons travel: resistance has to be preserved.

20 MARCH 2026 • By Nojang Khatami

In Defiance, a Syrian Journalist Fights the Power

Loubna Mrie's memoir of personal rebellion and political awakening unfurls in Syria before, during and after the revolution.

20 MARCH 2026 • By Anna Lekas Miller
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  • Editorial
6 March 2026 • By Lara Vergnaud

Of Mother Tongues and Sleeping Orchids

Mother tongues, endlessly chimeric, endlessly beguiling, can become both dangerous baggage and precious commodity.

  • CENTERPIECE

Ojalá: Toward an Illiteracy of Liberation

In the wake of Gaza genocide, a Palestinian American loses her words — until she finds her way back to language in another tongue.

6 March 2026 • By Sarah Aziza
  • Featured Artist

Universal Words, the Art of Mariem Abutaleb

In which a young artist goes beyond words, beyond language, to create meaning with signs and symbols of her own creation.

6 March 2026 • By Naima Morelli
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Poetry

“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Shahé Mankerian

Shira Wolfe on Jugoslovenska Kinoteka

Shira Wolfe's cinematic poetry reads like scenes from a movie, describing a period of her life spent in Belgrade...

1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Shira Wolfe

Columns

A Fight to The Death (the Rest of Us In-Between)

No one in Lebanon is ever out of the fray, not even those who are very far away from burning neighborhoods and landscapes.

27 MARCH 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

Dear Souseh: Distressed (& More) by War

This month, Souseh answers two letters from readers distressed by the outbreak of war, and notably the cognitive dissonance that results.

27 MARCH 2026 • By Lina Mounzer

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