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. He is the founder, publisher, and former editor-in-chief of The Markaz Review, as well as the cofounder and 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 is rarely on social media.

Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Why Non-Arabs Should Read Hisham Matar’s “The Return”

Jordan Elgrably finds that the family memoir of a Libyan American is one that we can all identity...

3 AUGUST 2017 • By Jordan Elgrably
American Sniper—a Botched Film That Demonizes Iraqis

American Sniper—a Botched Film That Demonizes Iraqis

A week before the Oscars—on Valentine’s Day in fact—I finally forced myself to go out and watch the...

1 MARCH 2015 • By Jordan Elgrably
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