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The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

Lebanon's garbage crisis inspired a futurist film but the 2020 Port Explosion made it a contemporary dystopia.

1 MAY 2023 • By Meera Santhanam
Remembering the Armenian Genocide From Lebanon

Remembering the Armenian Genocide From Lebanon

Mireille Rebeiz remembers her Tante Rose and the lore of Armenian culture-history in Lebanon, where forgetting is endemic.

17 APRIL 2023 • By Mireille Rebeiz
Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

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
The Forced Disappearance of Street Vendors in Beirut

The Forced Disappearance of Street Vendors in Beirut

In the midst of Lebanon's economic crisis, UN policy and research specialist Ghida Ismail laments the vanishing of...

13 MARCH 2023 • By Ghida Ismail
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
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