Jordan Elgrably

is an American, French, and Moroccan writer and translator. His stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in many anthologies and reviews, including Apulée, Salmagundi, and the Paris Review. Editor-in-chief and founder of The Markaz Review, he is the cofounder and former director of the Levantine Cultural Center/The Markaz in Los Angeles (2001–2020). He is the editor of Stories From the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction (City Lights 2024), and co-editor with Malu Halasa of Sumūd: a New Palestinian Reader (Seven Stories Press 2025). Based in Montpellier, France and California, he tweets at Blue Sky.

Changing Colors — Reflections on The Last White Man

Changing Colors — Reflections on The Last White Man

Jordan Elgrably reads a book about white fear and racism and finds that colorism isn't our only problem.

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Free Alaa Now

Free Alaa Now

The Markaz Review joins 15 Nobel Prize for Literature laureates and millions around the world in calling for...

7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.

5 OCTOBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Why Berlin?

Why Berlin?

Editor Jordan Elgrably introduces the BERLIN issue guest editor, Viola Shafik, and more than a dozen new contributors...

15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

Attack on Salman Rushdie is Shocking Tip of the Iceberg

An attack on one writer anywhere is an attack on freedom of expression everywhere.

15 AUGUST 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Who is Poet-Translator Mbarek Sryfi?

Who is Poet-Translator Mbarek Sryfi?

Jordan Elgrably paints a portrait of a translingual Moroccan American who champions the inbetween.

8 AUGUST 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day is the first of seven days during which refugees will be recognized in events across...

20 JUNE 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
From the Editor: On Being “Palestinian” in Israel

From the Editor: On Being “Palestinian” in Israel

TMR's chief editor reveals the behind-the-screens reality of naming the May 2022 issue, when "Palestinian Israeli" is a...

15 MAY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Palestinian Filmmaker, Israeli Passport

Palestinian Filmmaker, Israeli Passport

Jordan Elgrably talks to Palestinian filmmakers with Israeli citizenship to learn about identity and belonging.

15 MAY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Washington DC's artist-entrepreneur-philanthropist (and one-time mayoral candidate) Andy Shallal dishes on matters of hunger and racism.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon

Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon

A new film depicts the treachery of being Palestinian living under the Israeli Occupation Forces in Bethlehem.

21 MARCH 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

Letter from the Editor: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine seen from European and Middle Eastern Vantage Points

24 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
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