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Inside Hamas: From Resistance to Regime

Inside Hamas: From Resistance to Regime

An exclusive excerpt from the 2023 title "Hamas: From Resistance to Regime" by Paola Caridi, translated by Andrea...

25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Paola Caridi
Assassination in Malta: How They Killed My Mother

Assassination in Malta: How They Killed My Mother

Teodor Reljić reviews Paul Caruana Galizia's book in which he dissects the Maltese status quo that led to...

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Teodor Reljić
Tone—Literary Criticism to Challenge the Mind

Tone—Literary Criticism to Challenge the Mind

Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno indulge in a collective reading and writing practice to capture literary tone, writes...

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Safa Khatib
Huda Fakhreddine’s A Brief Time Under a Different Sun

Huda Fakhreddine’s A Brief Time Under a Different Sun

Exclusive excerpt from Huda Fahreddine's "A Brief Time Under a Different Sun," translated from the Arabic by Rana...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Huda Fakhreddine
On the Herculean Task of Translating Joyce’s Ulysses into Kurdish

On the Herculean Task of Translating Joyce’s Ulysses into Kurdish

Kawa Nemir felt he'd been preparing to undertake the translation of James Joyce's masterpiece his whole life...

28 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Kaya Genç
First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past

First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past

Matt Broomfield reviews the first anthology of Kurdish science fiction, one that envisions new possibilities for Kurdish self-determination.

28 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Matt Broomfield
My Love for Derna: Interview with Libyan Writer Mahbuba Khalifa

My Love for Derna: Interview with Libyan Writer Mahbuba Khalifa

A Libyan writer from Derna laments the floods that came not long after she devoted a short story...

13 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Naima Morelli
Editors’ Palestinian Lit List

Editors’ Palestinian Lit List

The editors of The Markaz Review recommended 20 of the best contemporary Palestinian novels, story collections and nonfiction.

6 NOVEMBER 2023 • By TMR
Domicide—War on the City

Domicide—War on the City

According to Dr. Ammar Azzouz’s essay on domicide, taken from his new book, carpet bombing of Middle Eastern...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Ammar Azzouz
Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates

Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates

Rana Asfour on the UAE's intervention solutions for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings rooted in the city.

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Rana Asfour
World Picks from the Editors: Oct 28 – Nov 10

World Picks from the Editors: Oct 28 – Nov 10

The editors of The Markaz Review recommend several world events and books.

27 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

Dalia Hatuqa reviews an intimate account of the "Jaba Bus" deaths that illuminates the harsh reality of living...

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dalia Hatuqa
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