Editorial

Why FRIENDSHIP?

Why FRIENDSHIP?

TMR's October issue examines the multifaceted nature of friendship — intimate or communal, joyful or bittersweet.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Why Out of Our Minds?

Why Out of Our Minds?

Our senior editor in Beirut, Lina Mounzer, relates intimately to the theme of TMR 53, having experienced civil...

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Lina Mounzer
Ignoring the Drones: Introduction to Freedom to Read

Ignoring the Drones: Introduction to Freedom to Read

TMR's literary editor gives insight and nuance to our Summer 2025 double literary issue.

4 JULY 2025 • By Malu Halasa
Why Mezze?

Why Mezze?

The June issue offers a diverse selection of essays, reviews and fiction, with a centerpiece by Lina Mounzer...

6 JUNE 2025 • By TMR
Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

May 15, 2025 is the 77th commemoration of the Nakba, the day in 1948 that Palestinians suffered their...

15 MAY 2025 • By TMR
Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha who grew up in Gaza under the bombs has won the 2025...

9 MAY 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
For Our 50th Issue, Writers Reflect on Going Home

For Our 50th Issue, Writers Reflect on Going Home

In the 50th issue of The Markaz Review, diverse writers explore the return home in creative nonfiction, fiction...

2 MAY 2025 • By TMR
Why Love, War & Resistance?

Why Love, War & Resistance?

Can love act as a transformative force during challenging times, in the face of 2000-pound bombs, drones, AI surveillance,...

7 MARCH 2025 • By Malu Halasa
Memoir in the Age of Narcissism

Memoir in the Age of Narcissism

What do we choose to remember, and what do we choose to forget? A special monthly issue devoted...

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By TMR
Escapism in Times of War — on Genre Fiction

Escapism in Times of War — on Genre Fiction

In which our literary editor becomes your guide through TMR 47, a double issue packed with fiction and...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Malu Halasa
The Editor’s Letter Following the US 2024 Presidential Election

The Editor’s Letter Following the US 2024 Presidential Election

The Markaz Review responds to the results of the 2024 US presidential election, in which Donald Trump prevailed...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Animal Truths

Animal Truths

TMR's November issue deliberately eschews the binary and inspirational relationship between the proverbial “man and beast."

1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Malu Halasa
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