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Category: Interviews

22 May, 2023 • Melissa Chemam

The Markaz Review Interview—Faïza Guène  

Melissa Chemam interviews the French-Algerian novelist Faïza Guène on the publication of her novel Discretion in English translation.

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1 May, 2023 • Jordan Elgrably

The Artist at Work—a Conversation with Souad Massi

Jordan Elgrably interviews the Algerian-French iconoclast about her first album after Covid and about why she's devoted her life to freedom.

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10 April, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Seven Winters in Tehran and the Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari

Malu Halasa talks to the director of a new documentary exposing the cruelty of Iran's Islamic regime.

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27 March, 2023 • Sarah Ben Hamadi

A Conversation with Tunisian novelist Yamen Manaï

Our correspondent in Tunis, Sarah Ben Hamadi, interviews Yamen Menaï, one of Tunisia's best-selling young novelists.

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20 March, 2023 • Karim Goury

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.

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5 February, 2023 • Hassan Abdulrazzak, Jasmine Naziha Jones

Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak & Jasmine Naziha Jones: Use Your Anger as Fuel

Sparks fly when two UK-based Iraqi diaspora playwrights discuss how the art of theatre addresses Iraqi pain with both comedy and drama.

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5 February, 2023 • Melissa Chemam

Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq

Melissa Chemam profiles Iraqi Kurdish musician-composer Hardi Kurda and his projects Space 21 and Archive Khanah: Sounds from Iraq.

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5 February, 2023 • Nada Ghosn

Zahra Ali, Pioneer of Feminist Studies on Iraq

Nada Ghosn talks to sociologist Zahra Ali, author of "Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation."

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23 January, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

On Lebanon and Lamia Joreige’s “Uncertain Times”

Arie Amaya-Akkermans reflects on Lamia Joreige's "Uncertain Times," which represents the Lebanese wars and their aftermath.

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15 November, 2022 • Rushda Rafeek

An Interview with with Graphic Memoirist Malaka Gharib

Rusha Rafeek interviews graphic memoirist Malaka Gharib about her Arab American coming of age story.

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7 November, 2022 • Rana Asfour

Abu Dhabi Shows Noura Ali-Ramahi’s “Allow Me Not to Explain”

Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.

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15 October, 2022 • Nora Lester Murad

Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance

Nora Lester Murad talks to Palestinian co-authors Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri about "They Called Me a Lioness."

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