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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

A moving testimony to life, death, and the human condition by an Egyptian journalist who was blessed, and...

2 JULY 2023 • By Mohamed Aboelgheit
Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

In a dystopian world, thanks to AI, people no longer die because they can be upgraded to better...

4 JUNE 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
Libyan Stories from the novel “Bread on Uncle Milad’s Table”

Libyan Stories from the novel “Bread on Uncle Milad’s Table”

The Markaz Review presents Libya's Mohammed al-Naas in these exclusive excerpts translated by Rana Asfour.

18 JULY 2022 • By Mohammed Alnaas
Joumana Haddad: “Victim #232”

Joumana Haddad: “Victim #232”

A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Joumana Haddad
Fadi Zaghmout’s banned-in-Jordan “Laila”: a TMR Valentine

Fadi Zaghmout’s banned-in-Jordan “Laila”: a TMR Valentine

In this excerpt of the banned Jordanian novel "Laila," introduced by Rana Asfour and translated by Hajer Almosleh,...

14 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Fadi Zaghmout
The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

The Harrowing Life of Kurdish Freedom Activist Kobra Banehi

Excerpted from the anthology Kurdish Women’s Stories (Pluto Press, 2020), by special arrangement with editor Houzan Mahmoud.  ...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Kobra Banehi
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