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
A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Joumana Haddad, Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.
25 APRIL 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour reviews the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Nadifa Mohamed based on the true story of a wrongly-convicted...
7 MARCH 2022 • By Rana Asfour
In this excerpt of the banned Jordanian novel "Laila," introduced by Rana Asfour and translated by Hajer Almosleh,...
14 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Fadi Zaghmout, Rana Asfour
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer"...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
