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Editorial

3 March, 2024 • Lina Mounzer

Why “Burn It all Down”?

Senior editor Lina Mounzer articulates the inexpressible, inconsolable feelings at a time when genocide is occurring before the eyes of the world.

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4 February, 2024 • Malu Halasa

Shoot That Poison Arrow to My Heart: The LSD Editorial

Our literary editor, Malu Halasa, introduces TMR 38 • LSD, our Love, Sex and Desire issue, published ahead of the 14th of February.

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3 December, 2023 • Jordan Elgrably

Why Endings & Beginnings?

An editorial from the editor in chief as we close the end of an often painful, difficult and yet at times hopeful year.

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6 November, 2023 • TMR

Editors’ Palestinian Lit List

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

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16 October, 2023 • Lina Mounzer

Palestine and the Unspeakable

Prefacing our special Palestine issue, senior editor Lina Mounzer attempts to express the horror that has become the reality in Gaza.

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2 July, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.

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4 June, 2023 • Jordan Elgrably

EARTH: Our Only Home

The editors explain why they chose the EARTH theme for the 32nd issue of The Markaz Review.

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15 October, 2022 • TMR

You Don’t Have to Be A Super Hero to Be a Heroine

In the new issue of TMR, the editors present their case for everyday women achieving the extraordinary as they overcome adversity.

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15 September, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Why Berlin?

Editor Jordan Elgrably introduces the BERLIN issue guest editor, Viola Shafik, and more than a dozen new contributors to TMR.

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15 July, 2022 • TMR

Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?

The world may be driving us crazy, but sharing our stories across cultures and borders is one way to hang on to our sanity.

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15 May, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

From the Editor: On Being “Palestinian” in Israel

TMR's chief editor reveals the behind-the-screens reality of naming the May 2022 issue, when "Palestinian Israeli" is a contested identity.

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15 January, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.

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15 August, 2021 • Aomar Boum

Why COMIX? An Emerging Medium of Writing the Middle East and North Africa

TMR’s guest editor Aomar Boum admires the growing movement of political cartooning in North Africa and the Middle East.

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14 May, 2021 • Jordan Elgrably

Why WALLS?

"I would like to break the walls of ignorance between East and West." Walls and barriers are what we erect when we have no words.

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17 April, 2021 • Jenine Abboushi

Marseille, the Journey (guest editor’s introduction)

Guest editor Jenine Abboushi introduces us to her special Markaz Review issue exploring the many facets of Marseille.

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