Rana Asfour reviews a collection of stories from writer and educator Zein El-Amine, who was born and raised...
20 MARCH 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour interviews fellow Jordanian writer Hisham Bustani about his stories, writing in Arabic and ideas on history...
5 MARCH 2023 • By Rana Asfour
A 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 Asfour
Rana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR...
30 JANUARY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.
7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ahmed Awny, Rana Asfour
Maisan Hamdan, a single Palestinian woman, attempts to survive in Berlin without a cell phone.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Maisan Hamdan, Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour reviews the third novel from Dutch Iraqi writer Rodaan Al Galidi.
22 AUGUST 2022 • By Rana Asfour
The Markaz Review presents Libya's Mohammed al-Naas in these exclusive excerpts translated by Rana Asfour.
18 JULY 2022 • By Mohammed Alnaas, Rana Asfour
A solitary bachelor, seeking success as a writer, wonders what he has to do in contemporary Cairo to...
15 JULY 2022 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.
27 JUNE 2022 • By Rana Asfour
The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
