TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, checks out one of the world's largest book events looking for literary mana.
29 MAY 2023 • By Rana AsfourRana Asfour talks to Syrian-born and raised qanunist Maya Youssef, who now lives and teaches in the UK.
22 MAY 2023 • By Rana AsfourOur top picks on what to read from Qatar.
2 APRIL 2023 • By Rana AsfourRana Asfour reviews a collection of stories from writer and educator Zein El-Amine, who was born and raised...
20 MARCH 2023 • By Rana AsfourRana Asfour interviews fellow Jordanian writer Hisham Bustani about his stories, writing in Arabic and ideas on history...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Rana AsfourA list of must-read Iraqi fiction, from Ahmed Saadawi's "Frankenstein in Baghdad" to Sinan Antoon's "The Book of...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Rana AsfourRana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR...
30 JANUARY 2023 • By Rana AsfourRana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.
7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Rana AsfourEgyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Rana AsfourMaisan Hamdan, a single Palestinian woman, attempts to survive in Berlin without a cell phone.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Rana AsfourRana Asfour reviews the third novel from Dutch Iraqi writer Rodaan Al Galidi.
22 AUGUST 2022 • By Rana AsfourThe Markaz Review presents Libya's Mohammed al-Naas in these exclusive excerpts translated by Rana Asfour.
18 JULY 2022 • By Rana Asfour