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The Afro-Amazigh World Cup Debate Revisited

The Afro-Amazigh World Cup Debate Revisited

A Black and Amazigh Indigenous scholar from Morocco, Brahim El Guabli sees Amazigh identity as embracing "unity based...

9 JANUARY 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
Moroccans Triumph at World Cup While Press Freedom Suffers

Moroccans Triumph at World Cup While Press Freedom Suffers

Samia Errazzouki recounts personal experience as a Moroccan American journalist working in Morocco.

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Samia Errazzouki
Everyone has a Stake in Morocco’s Football Team

Everyone has a Stake in Morocco’s Football Team

The Moroccan team's World Cup wins have galvanized their Arab and African fans and inspired millions around the...

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Brahim El Guabli
Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi

Siri Hustvedt & Ahdaf Souief Write Letters to Imprisoned Writer Narges Mohammadi

Author and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi must be released by Iranian authorities immediately.

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By
Music for Tomorrow: Iranians Yearn for Freedom

Music for Tomorrow: Iranians Yearn for Freedom

Nazanin Malekan vibes with the women's revolution in Iran via her love for music and poetry, both Persian...

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Nazanin Malekan
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3

In the final installment of her three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi tours Hebron, Nablus and Jenin.

5 DECEMBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing

Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing

One of Iran's contemporary writers shares his thoughts with a friend in the west about the direction the...

28 NOVEMBER 2022 • By
The Game of Self—How I Wrote The Buddha of Suburbia

The Game of Self—How I Wrote The Buddha of Suburbia

Hanif Kureishi reminisces on how he came to write his first novel, a coming-of-age saga set in 1970s...

15 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Fadi Zaghmout
Free Alaa Now

Free Alaa Now

The Markaz Review joins 15 Nobel Prize for Literature laureates and millions around the world in calling for...

7 NOVEMBER 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 2

In this, the second of a three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi continues her dystopic journey.

31 OCTOBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Women Are the Face of Iran’s Leaderless Revolution

Women Are the Face of Iran’s Leaderless Revolution

Theatre and film artist Mahmood Karimi Hakak argues that the women-led movement in Iran is different from past...

24 OCTOBER 2022 • By Mohamed Radwan
For Electronica Artist Hadi Zeidan, Dance Clubs are Analogous to Churches

For Electronica Artist Hadi Zeidan, Dance Clubs are Analogous to Churches

For her 12th TMR music column, Melissa Chemam talks to eclectic electronica DJ/composer Hadi Zeidan.

24 OCTOBER 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
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