An exclusive excerpt from the new bilingual Arabic-English book "Waking Up to My Distorted City" by Hisham Bustani...
5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Hisham Bustani
In his new book, Andrew Quilty relates some of the blowback after 9/11 brought about the invasion of...
11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Andrew Quilty
In this newly translated novel excerpt from Hilal Chouman, the son of a civil war fighter learns about...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Hilal Chouman
Albert Swissa reminds us that Isaac had a brother who was expelled and erased, with his mother Hagar,...
14 AUGUST 2023 • By Albert Swissa
In a dystopian world, thanks to AI, people no longer die because they can be upgraded to better...
4 JUNE 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
Novelist Anis Shivani has lived in Houston for more than a decade and sets his upcoming novel amongst...
1 MAY 2023 • By Anis Shivani
An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result...
5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Inaam Kachachi
In this excerpt from a chapter in his latest novel in French, Abdellah Taïa pays homage to his...
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Abdellah Taïa
In "The Handsome Jew" the novelist from Yemen recounts a powerful yet tragic tale of forbidden love.
15 AUGUST 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
The Markaz Review presents Libya's Mohammed al-Naas in these exclusive excerpts translated by Rana Asfour.
18 JULY 2022 • By Mohammed Alnaas
Shahd Alshammari, a scholar of illness and disability, has written an extended study of literary madness.
15 JULY 2022 • By Mark Habeeb
A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Joumana Haddad
