A bombing in Gaza destroys an entire family except for the protagonist of the short story and his...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Ghassan Ghassan
In this Sufi tale, poet Shadab Zeest Hashmi explores the worlds inhabited by gazelles Sahel and Sahara, between...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Shadab Zeest Hashmi
A dog gets back at its abusive owner when she sends him out to steal several prestigious titles...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Laila Al Othman
As Beirut anticipates a military invasion, MK Harb's short story about two friends sharing a slice of cake...
4 OCTOBER 2024 • By MK Harb
Sarah realizes that gatekeepers come in all shapes and forms — over the radio, at the end of...
6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Farah Ahamed
Gatekeepers of Baghdad decide who lives, who dies, during 2019 protests against high unemployment, state corruption, and poor...
6 SEPTEMBER 2024 • By Ali Ramthan Hussein
A Gaza-based writer captures the intense and harrowing experiences of individuals enduring the brutal realities of genocide.
30 AUGUST 2024 • By Sama Hassan
In this excerpt from Badar Salem's "Deserted as a Crowded Room," Majdal falls in love with a West...
16 AUGUST 2024 • By Badar Salem
The Markaz Review presents a rare piece of prose in English translation from Kurdish writer Shalaw Habiba, translated...
9 AUGUST 2024 • By Shalaw Habiba
In her new novel, much like an anthropologist, Ayşegül Savaş explores how people live, love and set down...
26 JULY 2024 • By Aysegul Savas
In this short story, an Iranian conscript keeps disappearing from duty. The natural world leaves clues of his...
5 JULY 2024 • By Alireza Iranmehr
In the Libyan village “Hell,” temperatures soar to unimaginable heights, and war breaks out over a parking space...
5 JULY 2024 • By Mohammed Alnaas
