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Genocide: “That bell can’t be unrung. That thought can’t be unthunk.”

Genocide: “That bell can’t be unrung. That thought can’t be unthunk.”

After the ICJ ruling on Israel, it is in its best interests to redefine its cause to one...

3 MARCH 2024 • By Amal Ghandour
New Palestinian Poster Art Responds to War and Apartheid

New Palestinian Poster Art Responds to War and Apartheid

Curator Nadine Aranki presents posters by new and established artists, writers and graphic designers, in the service of...

26 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Nadine Aranki
Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever

Driving in Palestine Now is More Dangerous Than Ever

A Twitter post by Fadi Quran reveals the reality on the ground these days trying to get around...

29 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles

Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles

Four editors at The Markaz Review share some of their most anticipated titles publishing in 2024.

22 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
A Student’s Tribute to Refaat Alareer, Gaza’s Beloved Storyteller

A Student’s Tribute to Refaat Alareer, Gaza’s Beloved Storyteller

Killed in Gaza by the Israeli military, Refaat Alareer's spirit and words continue to live on in his...

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Yousef M. Aljamal
Messages from Gaza Now / 2

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

Firsthand accounts of the war by Hossam Madhoun, a theatre-maker reporting from the rubble of Gaza.

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
Messages From Gaza Now

Messages From Gaza Now

A Gazan theatre artist, constantly endangered by the onslaught of Israeli planes, drones and bombs, writes from the...

11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
The Day My Life Ended, It Began

The Day My Life Ended, It Began

What could have been the end of life was instead a milestone that led to the writer's greatest...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Karim Shamshi-Basha
Remembering Khaled Khalifa on the 40th Day

Remembering Khaled Khalifa on the 40th Day

For the 40th day from his death, Youssef Rakha considers fellow writer Khaled Khalifa in the context of...

7 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Youssef Rakha
Ode to Khartoum—a City Riven by Civil War

Ode to Khartoum—a City Riven by Civil War

Dallia Abdel-Moniem has always loved her native city, but when she returned from abroad 10 years ago, it...

23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dallia Abdel-Moniem
Death is a Traitor: Living the Morocco Earthquake from the US

Death is a Traitor: Living the Morocco Earthquake from the US

Moroccan Amazigh scholar Brahim El Guabli learned that his family in Ouarzazate lost their home in the earthquake...

11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
Resilience Amidst the Ruins: Nfis Valley Endures After the Quake

Resilience Amidst the Ruins: Nfis Valley Endures After the Quake

A Moroccan scholar from the earthquake region, Aomar Boum, and his UCLA colleague Sarah A. Stein, provide more...

11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Aomar Boum
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