TMR asked writers and artists what motivation can remain, in times of war, to write or create art? More troubling still, is there any point?
10 APRIL 2026 • By TMR
Amal Ghandour takes the measure of Israel's assaults on Lebanon in the present ceasefire.
10 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Rather than offer a linear retelling of Lebanon’s history, the film draws our attention to the internal rhymes and rhythms of collective memory.
10 APRIL 2026 • By Darío Karim Pomar Azar
Why does the U.S. continue funding Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of international condemnation?
3 APRIL 2026 • By Jason Hickel
The civilizational supremacy of the West is under threat, insisted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a speech in Munich.
3 APRIL 2026 • By Ayça Çubukçu
A writer imagines Iran one year in the future, after the bombs have stopped falling, and the resulting political and social landscape.
3 APRIL 2026 • By Shahram Khosravi
Mother tongues, endlessly chimeric, endlessly beguiling, can become both dangerous baggage and precious commodity.
In the wake of genocide, a Palestinian American loses her words — until she finds her way in another tongue.
6 March 2026 • By Sarah Aziza
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
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's cinematic poetry reads like scenes from a movie, describing a period of her life spent in Belgrade...
1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Shira Wolfe
Amal Ghandour takes the measure of Israel's assaults on Lebanon in the present ceasefire.
10 APRIL 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
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
EssayThe civilizational supremacy of the West is under threat, insisted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a speech in Munich.
3 APRIL 2026 • By AYçA ÇUBUKçU
EssayA writer imagines Iran one year in the future, after the bombs have stopped falling, and the resulting political and social landscape.
3 APRIL 2026 • By SHAHRAM KHOSRAVI
Fictionفي بلاد النوبة القديمة، يصل رجل إنجليزي إلى قرية قديمة، ويتسبب وصوله في تغير كل شيء. فصل من أحدث روايات سمر نور.
23 MARCH 2026 • By سمر نور
Essayيعيش الكاتب محمد عبد النبي حياته مترجمًا على الدوام؛ بين الإنجليزية والعربية، أو بين الفصحى والعامية. رحلة عمر بدأت من البيت وحتى الكتابة والترجمة.
16 MARCH 2026 • By محمد عبد النبي
EssayArtificial intelligence is rapidly transforming battlegrounds, and is at the heart of many international assassinations.
13 MARCH 2026 • By IASON ATHANASIADIS
A reflection on how multiple languages in a family become a perfect conduit for grief and acceptance.
6 MARCH 2026 • By FARAH AHAMED
