A poetry collection by a transformative Turkish voice explores questions of gender, queer desire, memory, and belonging.
31 JULY 2026 • By Efe Murad
A series set against the Saudi desert and city frames marginalized individuals in absurd situations as heroes.
31 JULY 2026 • By Mira Minkara
Sinan Antoon’s self-translated novel explores the different ways memory unfolds in exile but offers no closure.
31 JULY 2026 • By Saleem Haddad
A writer stands her ground, in response to criticisms of her column, "recklessly" simplifying a fraught discourse.
24 JULY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
The true "serpent" of this novel, set against the shifting social landscape of contemporary Pakistan, may be its unexamined biases.
24 JULY 2026 • By Farah Ahamed
The Metropolis Cinema in Beirut celebrates twenty years of showing indie cinema, surviving multiple crises.
24 JULY 2026 • By Jim Quilty
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
After a grieving mother is gunned down, seven children become the custodians of a village’s shattered memory.
By Hoshang Waziri, Hassan Abdulrazzak
Much of Doğan's groundbreaking art was created in prison out of the materials at hand: hair, coffee, blood.
By Rojda Idil Arslan
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
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
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
A writer returns to her homeland — Lebanon — after years abroad, tracing the fault lines between memory and ruin.
19 JUNE 2026 • By Lara Atallah
Three new pieces of SWANA literature, criticism and art every Friday-direct.
