The latest breach of a cease fire agreement in Azerbaijan left Armenians in Artsakh with nothing to rely...
16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Seta Kabranian-Melkonian
Academic and novelist Layla AlAmmar interrogates her life's creative and scholarly achievements against the teachings of Edward Said.
9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Layla AlAmmar
Public intellectuals no longer exist, argues Moustafa Bayoumi; they have been usurped by "influencers."
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Moustafa Bayoumi
The editors of The Markaz Review made the difficult choice of selecting just two of their go-to public...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
Salar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Salar Abdoh
Nektaria Anastasiadou writes about her decision to pen her works using the historically fractured language of the Istanbul...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Deborah Kapchan calls for public intellectuals who can speak in many registers amidst the rise of attacks on...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deborah Kapchan
Twenty years ago, argues Amal Ghandour, it would have been Edward Said. It’s Traboulsi, his best translator, in...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
In her new book, Dima Issa argues that the influence of Lebanese vocal artist Fairouz on the Arab...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dima Issa
Yasmine Al Rashidi on writer-thinker Alaa Abdel Fattah who advocates for the rights of those without platforms to...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Yasmine El Rashidi
Naima Morelli talks to Rose Issa, Sara Raza, Farah Abushullaih and Alia Al-Senussi about art and intellectuals.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Naima Morelli
Aomar Boom describes the centrality of donkeys and mules to life in the unforgiving earthquake-shattered terrain of the...
25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Aomar Boum
