In too many places around the world, the public space still belongs to men, and women often find...
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By khulud khamis
In May Haddad's short story, Carna’ is a spacefaring mail carrier fed up with working for the Universal...
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By May Haddad
In this excerpt from a chapter in his latest novel in French, Abdellah Taïa pays homage to his...
15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Abdellah Taïa
Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Barrak Alzaid
An Egyptian refugee in Berlin, longing for a home of his own, hopes love is around the corner.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Shahd Alshammari
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
Ghazi Gheblawi In 2017 Darf Publishers, an independent publishing company based in London, where I am a...
18 JULY 2022 • By Ghazi Gheblawi
Who knows what drives anyone mad? For a sister who loves her big sister and emulates her, the...
15 JULY 2022 • By Asmaa Azaizeh
A solitary bachelor, seeking success as a writer, wonders what he has to do in contemporary Cairo to...
15 JULY 2022 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
You can run from grief and death until you lose your mind, but life is reserved for those...
15 JULY 2022 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
A Palestinian woman battles both the patriarchy and the occupation to free herself from the toxic jurisdiction men...
4 JULY 2022 • By Sahar Mustafah
