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Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

True reflections of a former officer of the law in Lebanon from his hit memoir, translated by Lina...

5 JULY 2024 • By Fawzi Zabyan
Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

Marjane Satrapi's edited anthology "Woman, Life, Freedom" shows that the story of the movement cannot be told with...

5 JULY 2024 • By Katie Logan
Why Theatre?—an Editorial

Why Theatre?—an Editorial

In which the editors of The Markaz Review and playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak present the theatre issue.

7 JUNE 2024 • By TMR
Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

A stage director declines producing a play about a child tragically murdered during a genocide, fearing she may...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
As We Near the End (or What Adorno Said)

As We Near the End (or What Adorno Said)

In his play, Youssef El Guindi debates whether art is merely a distraction or if it can truly...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Yussef El Guindi
Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Elie Chalala
What Kind Of Liar Am I?—a Short Play

What Kind Of Liar Am I?—a Short Play

An original short play by playwright and theatre maker Mona Mansour: "a short, dark confession in a time...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Mona Mansour
The Return of Danton—a Play by Mudar Alhaggi & Collective Ma’louba

The Return of Danton—a Play by Mudar Alhaggi & Collective Ma’louba

A play about the French Revolution highlights the experiences of Syrian actors and theatre makers as artists in...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Mudar Alhaggi
Noor and Hadi Go to Hogwarts—a Short Play

Noor and Hadi Go to Hogwarts—a Short Play

Lameece Issaq presents a short play borrowing a popular fantasy world.

7 JUNE 2024 • By Lameece Issaq
Why FORGETTING?

Why FORGETTING?

What shall we forget and what shall we remember, and can forgetting also be a force for good?...

3 MAY 2024 • By Malu Halasa
Memory Archive: Between Remembering and Forgetting

Memory Archive: Between Remembering and Forgetting

Mai Al-Nakib explores memory, forgetting, and writing through the lenses of Woolf, Proust, and a Wim Wenders film.

3 MAY 2024 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Featured Artist Hazem Harb: “Back to Zero”

Featured Artist Hazem Harb: “Back to Zero”

Gazan artist Hazem Harb remembers and celebrates the old, new, destroyed, erased and dead of Palestine in a...

3 MAY 2024 • By Malu Halasa
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