Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
15 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Ahmed Awny
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
The author of the story collection "Love in a Blue Time" weaves a dystopian tale of migrants, love...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Hanif Kureishi
The author of the novel "An Unlasting Home" recalls stories of African slaves in Iraq and Kuwait.
15 JUNE 2022 • By Mai Al-Nakib
The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
