Exile retold through embroidered Palestinian stories, by documentary photographer and visual storyteller Rasha Al Jundi.
16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Rasha Al Jundi
Taline Voskeritchian extolls a Palestinian's lifetime commitment to art as a powerful testament to human resilience.
16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Taline Voskeritchian
Robin Yassin-Kassab pays tribute to late Syrian writer and humanist Khaled Khalifa, who died at the age of...
16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Robin Yassin-Kassab
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