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The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon

The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon

Amal Ghandour, author of "This Arab Life," casts her penetrating gaze on the burdens of Lebanon, including the...

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Evelyne Accad reviews a new book on Lebanese women and war, a collection of oral stories told in...

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Evelyne Accad
On Lebanon and Lamia Joreige’s “Uncertain Times”

On Lebanon and Lamia Joreige’s “Uncertain Times”

Arie Amaya-Akkermans reflects on Lamia Joreige's "Uncertain Times," which represents the Lebanese wars and their aftermath.

23 JANUARY 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

The Markaz Review recommends the following exhibitions, on now in Paris, New York, Montpellier, London, Marseille and Beirut.

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
Our Shared Future: Marwa Arsanios’ “Reverse Shot”

Our Shared Future: Marwa Arsanios’ “Reverse Shot”

Mariam Elnozahy reviews the new exhibit at London's Mosaic Rooms that looks at ecology and politics in Lebanon.

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

In these stories from his impassioned memoir, Steve Sabella works to decolonize the mind and liberate his identity.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Nawal Nasrallah
Fairouz is the Voice of Lebanon, Symbol of Hope in a Weary Land

Fairouz is the Voice of Lebanon, Symbol of Hope in a Weary Land

For April's column, music critic Melissa Chemam looks longingly at the legend of Lebanon's diva.

25 APRIL 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Ghosts of Beirut: a Review of “displaced”

Ghosts of Beirut: a Review of “displaced”

Karén Jallatyan reviews the book of Beirut's Armenian community with photography by Ara Oshagan and an essay by...

11 APRIL 2022 • By Rachid Bouhamidi
Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Displaced: From Beirut to Los Angeles to Beirut

Ara Oshagan I am walking along the narrow and labyrinthine Armenian neighborhoods of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut—spaces with...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Ara Oshagan
An Outsider’s Long Goodbye

An Outsider’s Long Goodbye

I love Beirut. I've lived there for longer than I've lived anywhere else on earth. But what happened...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Annia Ciezadlo
Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World

Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World

Wajdi Mouawad has shaken Western theatre out of its rigid rules, bringing a dream-infused approach, odes to childhood's...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
Arts in the Pandemic Age

Arts in the Pandemic Age

Covid-19 shows no sign of abating, forcing cities and some countries into more quarantines and further lockdown; without...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
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