Interviews

Illegitimate Literature—Interview with Novelist Ebru Ojen

Illegitimate Literature—Interview with Novelist Ebru Ojen

Nazlı Koca interviews novelist Ebru Ojen and her translators on the creative process of bringing her latest book...

18 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Nazlı Koca
Musical Artists at Work: Naïssam Jalal, Fazil Say & Azu Tiwaline

Musical Artists at Work: Naïssam Jalal, Fazil Say & Azu Tiwaline

Sarah Naili interviews musical artists who meld eastern and western instruments, and forms, to create their unique sounds...

17 JULY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Artist at Work: Syrian Filmmaker Afraa Batous

Artist at Work: Syrian Filmmaker Afraa Batous

Journalist and filmmaker Dima Hamdan talks to the young Syrian director of the documentary "All Roads Lead to...

26 JUNE 2023 • By Dima Hamdan
Garden of Africa: Interview with Rachid Koraïchi

Garden of Africa: Interview with Rachid Koraïchi

Rose Issa talks to the Algerian artist about his Garden of Africa and other garden projects that honor...

4 JUNE 2023 • By Rose Issa
The Markaz Review Interview—Faïza Guène  

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.

22 MAY 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
The Artist at Work—a Conversation with Souad Massi

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...

1 MAY 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Seven Winters in Tehran and the Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari

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.

10 APRIL 2023 • By Malu Halasa
A Conversation with Tunisian novelist Yamen Manaï

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.

27 MARCH 2023 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

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.

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
Iraqi Diaspora Playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak & Jasmine Naziha Jones: Use Your Anger as Fuel

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...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Hardi Kurda: Archiving the Sounds of Northern Iraq

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...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Zahra Ali, Pioneer of Feminist Studies on Iraq

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."

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Nada Ghosn
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