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Category: Featured excerpt

15 October, 2022 • Abdellah Taïa

“Malika,” an excerpt from Abdellah Taïa’s Vivre à ta lumìere

In this excerpt from a chapter in his latest novel in French, Abdellah Taïa pays homage to his mother, his favorite heroine.

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15 August, 2022 • Ali al-Muqri

“Fatima and The Handsome Jew”—Excerpt from Ali Al-Muqri’s Novel

In "The Handsome Jew" the novelist from Yemen recounts a powerful yet tragic tale of forbidden love.

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18 July, 2022 • Mohammed Al-Naas, Rana Asfour

Libyan Stories from the novel “Bread on Uncle Milad’s Table”

The Markaz Review presents Libya's Mohammed al-Naas in these exclusive excerpts translated by Rana Asfour.

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15 July, 2022 • Shahd Alshammari

Women and Literary Madness

Shahd Alshammari, a scholar of illness and disability, has written an extended study of literary madness.

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15 June, 2022 • Joumana Haddad, Rana Asfour

Joumana Haddad: “Victim #232”

A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an Arab."

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15 June, 2022 • Steve Sabella

Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

In these stories from his impassioned memoir, Steve Sabella works to decolonize the mind and liberate his identity.

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15 June, 2022 • Bakytiyar Ali

Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

From one of the most prominent contemporary authors and poets from Iraqi Kurdistan comes an unforgettable tale of oppression, and freedom.

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15 June, 2022 • Hawra Al-Nadawi, Alice Guthrie

Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq and Iran.

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15 June, 2022 • Hisham Bustani

Hisham Bustani: “Intellectuals”

From the fabulous — some would say surreal — Jordanian storyteller who gave us "The Monotonous Chaos of Existence."

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15 May, 2022 • khulud khamis

Palestinian and Israeli: Excerpt from “Haifa Fragments”

khulud khamis [sic], a Slovak-Palestinian writer living in Haifa, shares an excerpt from her novel in which Maisoon and Christina go on a journey.

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11 May, 2022 • Maurice Ebileeni

Arguments Toward a Universal Palestinian Identity

Palestinian Israeli Maurice Ebileeni looks at the Palestinian experience within and beyond the homeland.

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15 April, 2022 • Matthew C. Canfield

The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty

Cultural anthropologist Matthew Canfield explains the socio-legal basics of food sovereignty and sustainable farming.

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