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.

American Sniper—a Botched Film That Demonizes Iraqis

American Sniper—a Botched Film That Demonizes Iraqis

Is it too much to ask that a movie set during the Second Gulf War convey something meaningful...

1 MARCH 2015 • By Jordan Elgrably
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