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Liberation Cosplay: on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Liberation Cosplay: on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Events like the Day of the Imprisoned Writer risk becoming mere spectacles until they challenge the status quo.

15 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
A Jewish Meditation on the Palestinian Genocide

A Jewish Meditation on the Palestinian Genocide

A Jewish American has been afraid to express her reservations and criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza, but...

15 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Sheryl Ono
The Editor’s Letter Following the US 2024 Presidential Election

The Editor’s Letter Following the US 2024 Presidential Election

The Markaz Review responds to the results of the 2024 US presidential election, in which Donald Trump prevailed...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Haunting Reality of Beirut, My City

The Haunting Reality of Beirut, My City

Roger Assaf's poetic script for Jocelyne Saab's 1982 film about the siege of Beirut puts one in mind...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Roger Assaf
Between Two Sieges: Translating Roger Assaf in California

Between Two Sieges: Translating Roger Assaf in California

Letters from a displaced Lebanese poet today to civil war-era actor-director Roger Assaf evoke Beirut in 1982, 2006...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Zeina Hashem Beck
Palestinian Artists Reflect on the Role of Art in Catastrophic Times

Palestinian Artists Reflect on the Role of Art in Catastrophic Times

Multimedia and performing artists gather in Marseille for the 8th Biennale "Sin," on how to be a Palestinian...

1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Nina Hubinet
The Conversation: Arabic-English Translators Maia Tabet & Yasmeen Hanoosh

The Conversation: Arabic-English Translators Maia Tabet & Yasmeen Hanoosh

Long-time diasporic translators discuss the art of translation, from Arabic to English, identifying intersections and divergences along their...

25 OCTOBER 2024 • By Yasmeen Hanoosh
Should a Climate-Destroying Dictatorship Host a Climate-Saving Conference?

Should a Climate-Destroying Dictatorship Host a Climate-Saving Conference?

A year after committing ethnic cleansing, Azerbaijan prepares to host COP29 with little pushback from mainstream media.

25 OCTOBER 2024 • By Lucine Kasbarian
November World Picks from the Editors

November World Picks from the Editors

Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...

25 OCTOBER 2024 • By TMR
The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age

The Walls Have Eyes—Surveillance in the Algorithm Age

Iason Athanasiadis talks to Petra Molnar about her new book on automated decision-making technologies that facilitate institutional violence...

18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Iason Athanasiadis
The Hybrid — The Case of Michael Vatikiotis

The Hybrid — The Case of Michael Vatikiotis

Rana Haddad interviews hybrid hopscotching writer Michael Vatikiotis on his colorful life and work spanning continents.

18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Rana Haddad
Courage and Compassion, a Memoir of War and its Aftermath

Courage and Compassion, a Memoir of War and its Aftermath

Nektaria Anastasiadou reviews polyglot Tony Molho's memoir about the Holocaust in Greece and his family history.

18 OCTOBER 2024 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
 
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